Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

1. Explore the connection between burnout and lack of meaning in one’s work. 
2. Describe how meaning is derived from human connection.
3. Explain the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout.
4. Demonstrate how vulnerability contributes to connection and compassion in healthcare.

Bio:
Nicole Piemonte, PhD is the Associate Dean of Faculty Leadership and an Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at Creighton University School of Medicine in Phoenix. She received her PhD in Medical Humanities from The University of Texas Medical Branch where she studied philosophy, medical ethics, literature and medicine, and medical pedagogy. She has published two books with The MIT press, Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice (2018) and Death and Dying (2021). Nicole is also a professionally trained coach who works one-on-one with practicing physicians to help them reconnect to meaning and purpose in their work so that they can move forward in new directions, both personally and professionally.

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