Activity ID
1600Expires
July 18, 2026Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0-$50CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Physicians are under more stress than ever before, much of it due to factors beyond their control. Laurie Drill-Mellum, an emergency medicine physician describes the forces bearing down on physicians, including litigation stress, and presents techniques for actively managing the stress before one’s health and relationships are damaged beyond repair. She is joined by Elmore Rigamer, a psychiatrist, in examining the barriers to learning and characteristic behaviors of those who do and don’t learn to manage stress successfully.
Diplomate Engagement
Pre-and Post-test results are provided to diplomate and an evaluation survey is issued upon completion of the course. A follow-up post-activity survey is also issued 3-4 months after completion that asks what practice changes have been made.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Allergy and Immunology
Anesthesiology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Family Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
Ophthalmology
Pathology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
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
Explain the effects of chronic stress and physician burnout on physician health and patient care.
Describe the impact of litigation stress management.
State several characteristic behaviors of the Harvard study respondents who have lived happier, longer, healthier lives than their peers.
Suggest several stress reduction strategies to your patients.
Keywords
Physician, Physician Burnout, Resilience, Effects of Stress, Brain Injury, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Neuromuscular Development, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord, Sports
Competencies
Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Physician Well-being activity
Personal Resilience
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Personal Characteristics & Attitudes
