Activity ID
14087Expires
December 18, 2025Format Type
LiveCME Credit
29Fee
$299 for allCME Provider: American Psychoanalytic Association
Description of CME Course
This 10-week virtual seminar will focus on critical concepts in systems psychodynamics and field theory such as the social unconscious, projective identification, splitting, social defenses, complex identities, and intersubjective processes. Widening our conceptual lens so that we can think of individual, group, organization, and the social-political-cultural surround as co-creating the field and influencing and shaping each other, we will use these concepts to deepen our understanding of leadership challenges as we engage racism and othering in ourselves and in the groups and systems in which we are embedded.
Each session will be evenly divided between theoretical and experiential components. In the group-as-a-whole, presenters and learners will discuss key points in the assigned readings; break into pre-assigned small self-study groups to reflect on our own group process as it relates to our primary task of learning together about the challenges of leadership as we encounter and address racism and othering; and return to the large group to continue our self-reflection and organizational self-study.
Ultimately, the primary aim is to enhance our individual and collective efforts, particularly in the face of hate and human destructiveness, to become more inclusive, more open in our thinking, and equitable in sharing power.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Psychiatry and Neurology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Analyze the dynamic interactions between individual identity, systemic forces (e.g., racism, othering, trauma), and institutional structures to better understand their impact on leadership, clinical practice, and organizational functioning.
2. Evaluate the influence of sociocultural and historical contexts on psychoanalytic theory and practice, particularly as they relate to race, gender, migration, and power, in order to inform more ethically grounded and socially responsive interventions.
3. Design and apply inclusive leadership strategies and self-reflective practices that address intergenerational trauma, internalized oppression, and polarization to foster leadership transformation within group, organizational, and community settings.
Keywords
Psychoanalysis, Leadership
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
