Please join this exciting and informative panel discussion to learn how each medical professional navigated the health system after MAPP. Each presenter ended up landing in a different area in the medical complex. And it was quite the ride!
From research, clinical practice, medical training, and molding teams, the panelists will describe the ups and downs of their journeys. Their journeys can translate into other vocations as we all apply positive psychology in our respective professions.
You will learn about the positive psychology interventions that are working well in practice, training and in supporting teams.
Speaker Bios:
Julie Haizlip, MD, MAPP is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the University of Virginia & Co-Author, Appreciative Inquiry in Healthcare: Positive Questions to Bring Out the Best. Her current research focus is on Mattering in Academic Healthcare.
Nicholette Kasman MD, MAPP, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia specializing in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her expertise lies in leveraging the tenets of positive psychology to enhance team cohesion and bolster employee retention within the high-pressure environment of the operating room.
Sinthu Natesan, MD MAPP is a Board Certified Pediatrician and Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician. She is currently a volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and San Francisco. Sinthu is committed to a deeper understanding and constructive solutions for the well-being of our healthcare organizations with a special interest in trainee and medical staff education.
Kathi Norman, MAPP, PA-C, DMSc, is the founder of Positive MedicineTM, a stepwise approach to positive health and psychological wellbeing. She currently practices psychiatry. Kathi developed a successful physician assistant program incorporating positive psychology concept in the didactic and clinical year training. She volunteers for a local women’s recovery center providing positive psychology tools in recovery. She is a global presenter in the concepts of positive psychology in the practice of medicine including forgiveness and music as medicine. Kathi is the International Positive Psychology’s Health & Wellbeing Division’s president elect. She is on the board of the Global Positive Health Institute.
Moderated by Kathryn Britton, MAPP
