Resilience – Individual, Organizational, Community (with annotations for pandemics)

Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone.  This presentation will discuss risks related to caretaker/provider health during times of crises as well as models for both individual and organizational wellness.

Objectives:

After this presentation, the participant, will be able to:

• Identify tools for resilience for care providers
• Identify traits of resilient communities and organizations

Speaker: Andrew McLean, MD, MPH

Dr. McLean is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He obtained his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Wisconsin and an M.P.H. degree from the University of Minnesota.

He has been recognized as a UND School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus, has received the American Psychiatric Association Bruno Lima award for outstanding contributions to Disaster Psychiatry, and has been conferred with numerous teaching excellence awards.  Dr. McLean previously was the Medical Director of the ND Department of Human Services.  He has served on numerous clinical, administrative and regulatory boards including medical licensing and professional health programs.   He has lectured internationally on pertinent behavioral and public health issues. Dr. McLean has a particular interest in collaborative models of care.  He also is interested in individual and community resilience.