About the Conference
Videos Only no PDFs
Welcome to the inaugural Cultivating Joy and Purpose in Healthcare conference! We are thrilled to have you join us for this meaningful gathering dedicated to reigniting the passion and purpose that first drew so many of us into the healthcare professions. This event brings together a diverse community of healthcare professionals, leaders, and advocates who share a common goal: to create environments where joy, connection, and fulfillment are not just possible but essential. We invite you to engage deeply, reflect honestly, and explore innovative ways to sustain well-being and purpose in your work.
As we face increasing demands and systemic challenges, this conference serves as a reminder that joy and purpose are not luxuries. They are vital to quality care, resilience, and human-centered practice. Through interactive presentations and meaningful dialogue, we hope to equip you with practical tools, renewed inspiration, and a strengthened network of peers committed to elevating healthcare systems.
Topics include resilient leadership, strategy, navigating changes, conflict management, and growing your joyful career. This session will also provide a concise overview of key clinical updates to enhance professional development and healthcare practice.
Thank you for joining us and for all that you do to bring compassion and dedication to the heart of healthcare. We look forward to learning and growing with you!
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Assess and implement career planning, networking, and leadership skills to enhance the professional development of healthcare professionals.
- Identify strategies to achieve and maintain optimal work-life control, wellbeing, professional satisfaction, and belonging.
- Assemble a strong and meaningful network of professionals in healthcare by facilitating hands-on sessions and networking events to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual, authentic support.
- Apply skills and knowledge necessary to strengthen professional growth in leadership roles.
- Describe evidence-based clinical pearls that enhance diagnostic accuracy, improve patient management, and support informed decision-making in everyday practice.
Target Audience
Intended for physicians from various specialties, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare practitioners and professionals who are focused on enhancing and developing their careers.
list of vides
| # | Title | Speaker(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resilient Leadership | Margaret McKenzie | 31:48 |
| 2 | From Snouts to Souls: How Palliative Pigs Cultivate Resilience, Joy and Purpose in Healthcare | Krista Dobbie | 19:30 |
| 3 | Joy and Purpose: Realizing That Nobody Else Can Be the Best You | Kendalle Cobb | 18:18 |
| 4 | Our Relationship With Change | Jennifer Ramsey | 21:46 |
| 5 | Allyship From the (Fe)Male Perspective: He for She | Andre Machado, Andrea Sikon, Moises Auron, Leo Pozuelo, Amy Sullivan | 32:53 |
| 6 | Belonging at the Office: The Heart of Inclusive Leadership | Sofya Asfaw | 23:43 |
| 7 | Managing Mood Disorders from a Pharmacologic Perspective | Kasia Gustaw Rothenberg | 06:30 |
| 8 | Women’s Preventative Brain Health | Caroline Just | 10:35 |
| 9 | Gender-Based Differences in Atrial Fibrillation | Christine Tanaka-Esposito | 07:51 |
| 10 | Let’s Talk About Infertility | Desiree Chizmadia | 08:33 |
| 11 | Sleep Pearls | Michelle Drerup | 11:21 |
| 12 | Non-Pharmacologic Mood Management: Treating State Before Symptoms | Taylor Rush | 10:59 |
| 13 | Career Transitions: Giving Yourself Permission to Change | Michelle Biehl | 19:00 |
| 14 | Conflict Management and Handling Bad News | Natalie Bowersox | 23:32 |
| 15 | How to Get and Handle the Feedback You Need and Deserve | Christine Jellis | 24:07 |
| 16 | Hot Topics in Pharma: What’s New in Medicine? | Danielle Beltz | 26:58 |
| 17 | Driving Success With Self-Leadership and Team Self-Leadership | Aaron Hamilton | 25:21 |
| 18 | Ambient AI Scribe and its Impact on Clinician’s Wellbeing | Adriana Alvarez | 16:33 |
| 19 | Thriving in Your Career: Personal Triumphs and Tumbles Along the Way | Carrie Hersh, Mary Rensel, Amy Sullivan, Mary Alissa Willis | 18:51 |

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