School of Medicine: Being Human in Healthcare

Reconnecting to What Matters Most: 23-24 Grand Rounds Series
Open to all Health Sciences students, staff, residents, fellows, and faculty.

Being Human in Healthcare:
Addressing Burnout through Vulnerability and Connection

Thursday, April 4, 2024
12-1PM (MST)  /  2-3PM (CST)

• Phoenix: Phoenix Health Sciences Campus - Ballroom B
• Virtual: join via Zoom

Lunch provided at PHX location.

Join us for an interactive lunch-n-learn as we explore the following:

• Connection between burnout and lack of meaning in one's work
• Meaning in medicine derived from human connection
• Vulnerability contributing to connection and compassion in healthcare

Speakers

Nicole Piemonte, PhD
Dr. Piemonte is an Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at Creighton University School of Medicine. She received her PhD in Medical Humanities from The University of Texas Medical Branch where she studied philosophy, medical ethics, literature and medicine, and medical pedagogy. She has published two books with The MIT Press, Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice (2018) and Death and Dying (2021). As a trained coach, Dr. Piemonte works one-on-one with clinicians to help them reconnect to meaning and purpose in their work so they can move forward in new directions, both personally and professionally.

Thomas Striegel, DO, FACEP
Dr. Striegel is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Iowa HealthCare, Iowa City, Iowa, and residency program faculty aligned with Carver College of Medicine. He was previously faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix where he served as emergency medicine clinical clerkship co-director. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice/Palliative Medicine and aligns the two specialties with practice, teaching, and research in open-hearted communication, patient/physician bias affecting medical decision making, and healing caregiver emotional trauma.

David Bell, MD, PhD
Dr. Bell is a Clinical Assistant Professor with Creighton University School of Medicine and core residency faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Valleywise Health. He received his MD from the University of Illinois, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. His academic interests include financial literacy and resident wellness and well-being. He'd rather be outside than inside and spends much of his free time hiking, camping, and traveling.