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By Tammy Wishard

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During these stressful times, it’s likely you have ideas on how your institution can better help support your wellness.  

The Texas Medical Association’s Committee on Physician Health and Wellness (PHW) wants to know and invites you to submit your contributions to improve the health of the medical workforce for the upcoming PHW Poster Session by Monday, Oct. 11.  

The poster session, to be held on Oct. 23, is part of the virtual PHW Exchange hosted by the committee in conjunction with the Travis County Medical Society.  

“The impact of COVID-19 on medical professionals is multifold and reverberating: Medical education has become more complicated, the health care delivery system is strained, and physical and emotional well-being is being tested,” said PHW Committee Chair Sejal S. Mehta, MD, of Plano. “The PHW Committee is eager to hear innovative ideas to improve health and wellness in these trying times.”  

Academic leaders, academic faculty and staff, students (including medical, health professions, and graduate), post-doctoral researchers, resident physicians/fellows, and health and wellness practitioners are all eligible to submit abstracts, or short summaries of their research. 

The PHW committee and institutional leaders will review, evaluate, and select abstracts for the virtual poster session. The top six poster winners each will receive a $500 award and be invited to present their poster during the PHW Exchange. Entrants who are selected will be notified in mid-October.  

Poster presentations should focus on clinician and learner health and wellness, with an emphasis on identifying the existing institutional and organizational gaps in wellness resources. Topics can include: 

  • Virtual learning challenges;  

  • Evidence-based screening methodologies to identify unhealthy behaviors;  

  • Bridging the perspective gap between generations in medical and scientific training;  

  • Over-and under-supervision challenges; and 

  • Innovative approaches to wellness for students and trainees.   

The PHW Exchange, a statewide collaboration, will include educational programming, a Think Tank discussion, and more. An article highlighting the inaugural PHW Exchange in 2019 and the creation of a Texas collaboration to address wellness in learning health systems was published in the 2021 issue of Medical Education Online.  

For complete details, visit the poster session webpage. Registration (login required), free for TMA members, is required for all attendees and poster presenters. 

Last Updated On

September 29, 2021

Originally Published On

September 29, 2021

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Tammy Wishard

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Tammy Wishard

Tammy Wishard is an account manager in TMA’s Marketing Department. She works with TMA’s Office of Trust Fund Administration and other departments to help communicate the broad range of services and resources TMA offers its members. She has a 25-plus-year history with TMA, where she started as a writer/editor. Tammy, a proud Iowa native, is a graduate of Abilene Christian University.

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