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Caring for Self while Caring for Others: Resilience - Beyond the Hype and Towards an Attitude of Hope Events

Speakers:  Harry Zeit MD and Irina Dumitrache CYT 

In the field of clinician wellness and health, other than self-care, no term has been as utilized – and perhaps of late demonized – than resilience. We know that resilience is important. We may carry some ideas and pre-conceptions of what it means to be resilient. Yet of late, on social media and in medical blogs, more and more physicians note that the word carries connotations of blame and associations with systems that exploit and abuse.

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