This presentation is part of an ongoing Well-being series
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Title: Advancing Faculty Well-Being: Leadership, Work Design, and Meaningful Action
Presenter: Liselotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Chief Well-Being Officer; Executive Director, CU THRIVE: Center for Workplace Well-Being Research; Professor of Medicine with Tenure Affiliation, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: Zoom
Date: March 31, 2026
This presentation will provide an overview of physician burnout as a pressing challenge for clinicians, patients, and health systems. Drawing on current evidence, the talk will summarize the prevalence of burnout across specialties and career stages, examine key drivers at the individual, team, and organizational levels, and highlight the personal and professional consequences—including impacts on well-being, patient care, and workforce stability. The session will also review practical, evidence-informed strategies to reduce burnout, emphasizing the central role of work design, leadership, and culture alongside targeted individual supports. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of what drives burnout and what can be done—at multiple levels—to foster professional fulfillment and sustainable practice.
After attending this session participants will be able to:
- Identify organizational and leadership factors that influence faculty well-being and professional fulfillment in academic medicine
- List practical strategies to improve the clinical and academic work environment
Competencies:
- Practice-based learning and improvement
- Systems-based practice
Virtual Platform Link
Join Zoom Meeting
https://odu.zoom.us/j/99831267577?pwd=4791jpr631V0KibGd4QiRfDtOwFDxo.1
Meeting ID: 998 3126 7577
Passcode: 891578
Liselotte Dyrbye, MD, MPHE, is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Well-being, Chief Well-being Officer, and Executive Director of CU Thrive: Center for Workplace Well-being Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and is a thought leader in physician burnout and engagement. She has conducted numerous national and multi-institutional studies, conducted randomized clinical trials of possible solutions, and been an innovator. Dr. Dyrbye is frequently invited to give presentations both nationally and internationally and has authored >200 journal articles, abstracts and other written publications related to physician well-being. She has received 11 competitive research grants to support her work and co-developed the Well-Being Index and an interactive web-tool that provides a validated instrument for self-assessment, access to tailored resources, and organization level reports with comparisons to national norm. Dr. Dyrbye is a member of National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience and co-authored the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus study report, Taking Action Against Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, released in the fall of 2019. The report calls upon leaders in health care organizations to prioritize major improvements in clinical work environments to prevent and mitigate clinician burnout and foster professional well-being.
ACCREDITATION
Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION
Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.