The Ethics of Physician Burnout: Promoting Balance in Aging Healthcare Providers

The Ethics of Physician Burnout: Promoting Balance in Aging Healthcare Providers

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Course Overview

Evidence-based strategies to prevent and address burnout, support physical/cognitive/emotional health. Emphasizes using personal and professional values to reframe priorities, roles, and sustainable practice planning.

Course Content

Credits

1.00
AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits

* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.

Course Details

Duration
1.00 hour
Released
Jan 21, 2026
Last Review
Jan 21, 2026
Expires
Jan 21, 2029

Objectives

  1. Describe prevalence, risk factors, and signs of physician burnout across career stages.

  2. Explain age-related physical, cognitive, and emotional changes that affect clinical performance and well-being.

  3. Apply evidence-based interventions (ergonomics, workload adjustments, cognitive fitness, resilience training) to reduce burnout.

  4. Use values-clarification techniques to prioritize professional and personal goals during mid-to-late-career transitions.

Target Audience

Practicing physicians (all specialties) seeking AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, especially mid‑career and late‑career clinicians, physician leaders, and medical educators.

Faculty & Disclosure

Faculty

Jerry Reeves, MD discloses no such relationship exist; Yvonne Teigeler, MD discloses no such relationships exist; Whitney Owens, PhD discloses no relationships exist.

Disclosure

None of the speakers, planners, nor reviewers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated. Remaining persons in control of content have no financial relationships.

Accreditation

The Clark County Medical Society is accredited by the Utah Medical Association (UMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Clark County Medical Society designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.