This event is open to all health professionals and students. Guests will hear from featured speaker Jessi Gold, MD, MS, Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  This inaugural leadership position encompasses all five University of Tennessee campuses, UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Southern, UT Martin, and UT Health Science Center, and includes over 62,200 students and 19,0000 faculty and staff.  In her clinical practice, she sees healthcare workers, trainees, and young adults in college. 
 

Dr. Gold is also a fierce mental health advocate and highly sought-after expert in the media on everything from burnout to celebrity self-disclosure. She has written widely for the popular press, including for The New York Times, The Atlantic, InStyle, Slate, and Self.  Her first book, HOW DO YOU FEEL? One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine came out in October 2024 from Simon Element and is a national bestseller. Dr. Gold is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. and M.S in Anthropology, the Yale School of Medicine, and Stanford University Department of Psychiatry, where she served as Chief Resident.
 

Objectives: 

• Define burnout in healthcare and the impact of COVID-19
• Describe the culture of healthcare and how it prevents help seeking for mental health needs
• Discuss strategies individuals and teams can use to cope with burnout