2021 EEH Journal CME: Supporting Provider Mental Health during COVID-19

Friday, January 1, 2021, 8:00 AM - Thursday, December 30, 2021, 8:00 AM, Online Enduring

Maintaining an adequate healthcare workforce in the current pandemic requires not only an adequate number of providers, but also requires maximizing the ability of each provider to care for a high volume of patients. Given that surges in critically ill patients could last weeks to months, it is also essential that healthcare providers be able to perform to their full potential over an extended period of time and cope with the societal shifts and emotional stressors. Providers face greater risks of exposure, extreme workloads, moral dilemmas, and rapidly evolving practice environments that differ from day to day, all adding to the mental health fatigue that takes place. This journal activity is designed to review literature regarding best practice in order to address provider mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

1. 1. Address sources of anxiety among providers during Covid-19 Pandemic.
2. 2. Describe ways to support providers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
3. 3. List the effects that Covid-19 Pandemic can have on providers' mental health.
4. 4. Explain the steps that should be taken to minimize the psychological and psychiatric effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.25 hours)

Edward-Elmhurst Health designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosures:

No one involved in the approval, planning, or presentation of this activity has disclosed any relevant conflict of any interest with any commercial entity.