Reconnecting with The Soul of Medicine

A Special Weekend for Physicians and Nurses

Friday–Sunday, August 23-25, 2019
Cal Poly Campus ♦ San Luis Obispo, California
Friday, August 23

7:30am–8:00pm
REGISTRATION OPEN

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

7:00–9:00am
BREAKFAST SERVED – 805 DINING HALL

8:30am–4:30pm
PLAYING WITH THE PARADIGM: LEADING FROM THE UNKNOWN
Camille Adair & Robert Bern

1:00–5:00pm
Early Arrivals… Montano de Oro Outing

5:30–7:30pm
WELCOME: “Grandma’s Beans” Buffet Dinner & Getting to Know Each Other

6:00–6:30pm
ROVING MIC, ACT I: WHO ARE YOU? WHY DID YOU COME? WHAT IS YOUR #1 GOAL/EXPECTATION FOR THIS WEEKEND?
Reuben Last, Facilitator

6:30–7:00pm
“IF I HAD A BILLION BUCKS…”— ROVING MIC, ACT II WHAT ARE YOUR DREAM IDEAS TO IMPROVE YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT? HEALTHCARE? THE US? THE PLANET?
Sam Slishman, Facilitator

7:00–7:30pm
THE OSLER SYMPOSIA: VISION, MISSION, PURPOSE
Camille Adair, Janice Mancuso, Bill Norcross

Saturday, August 24

7:00–9:00am
BREAKFAST SERVED – 805 DINING HALL

7:15–8:30am
POLY CANYON HIKE/or YOGA WITH MAGGIE/or BOTANICAL GARDEN WALK

8:45–9:00am
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:00–9:45am
PROFESSIONALISM & MORAL INJURY: REGAINING OUR SENSE OF AGENCY
Jerome Hoffman

9:45–10:30am
RELATIONAL INCOMPETENCE IS AS INTOLERABLE AS CLINICAL INCOMPETENCE: WHO CAN QUESTION THIS?
Marie Manthey

10:30–11:00am
BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITS

11:00–11:45am
FROM SCRUBS TO SUITS: ON TURNING BIG SHIPS
Irene Agostini

11:45am–12:30pm
Q&A/DISCUSSION
Moderator: Sam Slishman

12:30pm
MORNING ADJOURNMENT

12:15–1:30pm
LUNCH SERVED – 805 DINING HALL

1:30–2:30pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS I – Choose one
A-I Direct Pay Primary/Urgent Care: One Model for Practicing ‘Good’ Medicine ­– Sam Slishman
B-I Healthcare Portraits: Drawings and Stories of Experience with Illness – Robert Bern
C-I Doctors and Nurses Talk to Each Other About Practice – Marie Manthey
D-I Fierce Compassion as a Force for Change – Tami Berry
E-I Financial Independence & Wellbeing: What We Wished We Learned Before Med School –Scott Bisheff
F-I Medicine & Nursing: A Long Overdue Conversation – Camille Adair & Bill Norcross
2:45–3:45pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS II – Choose one
D-II Fierce Compassion as a Force for Change – Tami Berry
E-II Financial Independence & Wellbeing: What We Wished We Learned Before Med School –Scott Bisheff
F-II Medicine & Nursing: A Long Overdue Conversation – Camille Adair & Bill Norcross
G-II Lifestyle & Pathways to Meaning: Where Being and Meaning Converge – Maggie Grueskin
H-II Medical & Nursing Volunteerism: Serving Others, Healing Ourselves – Dana Justesen & Dan Lickness
I-II Letters to the Dead: “What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes)Reuben Last
4:00–5:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS III – Choose one
A-III Direct Pay Primary/Urgent Care: One Model for Practicing ‘Good’ Medicine ­– Sam Slishman
B-III Healthcare Portraits: Drawings and Stories of Experience with Illness – Robert Bern
C-III Doctors and Nurses Talk to Each Other About Practice – Marie Manthey
G-III Lifestyle & Pathways to Meaning: Where Being and Meaning Converge – Maggie Grueskin
H-III Medical & Nursing Volunteerism: Serving Others, Healing Ourselves – Dana Justesen & Dan Lickness
I-III Letters to the Dead: “What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes)Reuben Last

5:30–7:00pm
AVILA RIDGE HIKE

7:00–9:00pm
EXPLORE DOWNTOWN SAN LUIS OBISPO…DINNER GROUPS (ON YOUR OWN)

Sunday, August 25

7:00–9:00am
BREAKFAST SERVED – 805 DINING HALL

7:15–8:30am
POLY CANYON HIKE/or YOGA WITH MAGGIE/or BOTANICAL GARDEN WALK

8:00–8:45am
FRIENDS OF BILL W. – Marie Manthey takes her story of recovery out of the shadows and into the light

9:00–9:40am
VIOLENCE INSPIRED BY HATE-DRIVEN IDEOLOGIES: CAN ANYTHING BE DONE? LESSONS LEARNED AT HOME AND ABROAD
Rushdi Cader

9:40–10:20am
FINDING HOPE AND NEXT STEPS
Pam Cutler

10:20–11:00am
MILITARY PILOT TO ER DOC TO NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: A BIRDSEYE VIEW ON US HEALTHCARE
John Torres

11:00–11:15am
Q&A/DISCUSSION
Moderator: Sam Slishman

11:15–11:30am
STRETCH BREAK

11:30am–12:15pm
CONVERSATION WITH TWO MASTERS: Jerome Hoffman & Marie Manthey
Moderator: Camille Adair

12:15–1:00pm
SYMPOSIUM WRAP-UP: NEXT STEPS — ROVING MIC, ACT III (Box Lunch provided)
Bill Norcross, Facilitator

1:00pm
FINAL ADJOURNMENT … until we meet again

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