VMS Presentation Offerings

VMS is pleased to make any of the following presentations available to medical staff, physician practices, and specialty societies at no cost.

Clinician Well-Being Workshops

Synopsis: Doug Wysockey-Johnson of WyJo Consulting continues to offer no-cost clinician well-being workshops to medical staff and practices, along with three hour-long coaching sessions for interested VMS members. The workshops are designed to support clinicians in meeting the demands of modern health care, built around Doug’s daily experience working with physicians, nurses, APPs, and clinical leaders across the country. The workshops can be adjusted to fit a variety of formats, lasting anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, tailored to your practice’s or medical staff’s needs. Current workshops include: Dealing with the Reverberations of Adverse Events, Medical Error and Bad Outcomes, Leveraging Your Emotional Intelligence to Feel Better and Improve Team Culture, and Dealing with Differences in the Workplace. Click here for more information on workshops and one-on-one coaching.

Presenter: Workshops are led by Doug Wysockey-Johnson, a seasoned facilitator with 23 years of experience leading clinician groups. Doug has been partnering with the Vermont Medical Society since 2019.

Wellness Conversations

Synopsis: Explore the value and strategies behind maintaining wellness as a medical professional. Review the prevalence, causative factors, and theories regarding physician stress and burnout; review more serious potential outcomes for physicians, including medical, psychiatric, and psychosocial difficulties; outline personal and systemic approaches to physician wellness; and discuss VPHP (Vermont Practitioner Health Program) and what it offers in terms of assisting physicians with support, assessment, and treatment.

Presenter: Nels Kloster, MD, is the medical director of VMS’ Vermont Practitioner Health Program. He is an addiction psychiatrist and received his M.D. from the University of Vermont and completed his residency in adult psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He has more than 15 years of experience working at all levels of addiction treatment and psychiatry in Vermont.

Advocacy: Skill Training or Vermont Legislature Update

Synopsis: Nothing motivates elected officials or government administrators as much as receiving authentic, real-life input from their constituents. Your experience caring for Vermont patients gives you a critical perspective on health care policy. Learn effective messaging and communication, using media as a tool, virtual communication strategies. Or chose an update on hot topics in health care that the Vermont legislature is currently addressing and how the bills being considered in Montpelier impact day-to-day patient care and the practice of medicine.

Presenter/s: Jessa Barnard is the Vermont Medical Society’s Executive Director. She has extensive experience in health care policy and regulation and is a frequent speaker on topics including health reform, advocacy, and issues in health law Stephanie Winters is the Deputy Executive Director for the Vermont Medical Society and has been with the Society since 1998. She also is the executive director to many specialty societies and she serves on numerous committees and workgroups with much of her work focusing on public health issues.

Click here to view the coaching description and what is available for members.