OMA Section on Primary Care Mental Health Series (2019-2020)
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Traumatic Stress, Trauma-Informed Care and Clinician Wellbeing
Harry Zeit MD currently works full-time practicing trauma therapy and psychotherapy. He is certified in sensorimotor psychotherapy, completing the final level of training in 2013. Previously, he worked as an American board-certified emergency physician in Cambridge and Toronto, Ontario, between 1983 and 2005.
Dr. Zeit is an advocate for trauma-informed and humane medical and mental health care. He is passionate about teaching and about cultivating the healing potential of traditional modalities integrated with newer somatic and neuroscience informed models.
You can find out more about Dr. Zeit and his work at www.harryzeitmd.com.
Approved for 2 hours of MDPAC Group CE credits
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the subcortical and stress neurobiology associated with trauma and the symptoms and consequences of undischarged traumatic stress.
- Define Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and its basic principles.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of trauma in patients.
- Discuss how physicians can adjust their everyday practices to better serve patients with a history of trauma, including the importance of rapport and relationship building in TIC.
- Examine how over-activation of stress physiology contributes to endemic burnout in health care providers and list three practices to identity and release episodic stress responses.
Who is Invited: Physicians, Residents and Medical Students
How to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/76481136137
How to get more information: pcmhsection@gmail.com
Limited space, Register early