PALTC23 Conference Recordings TH08 General Session I: The Funny Thing About Stress

General Session I: The Funny Thing About Stress

AMDA & Foundation Awards Presentation The Funny Thing About Stress Keynote Speaker: Kay Frances, MBA We all know that we should manage stress for peak performance in all areas of our lives, but we don't necessarily practice what we know to be true. It's Kay Frances to the STRESS-cue! In the frenzied world of post-acute and long-term care, you need to be reminded of the importance of managing your stress, embracing change, and maintaining a positive attitude for peak performance and success in all areas of your life. The so called "little things" in life can become cumulative if we don't stop them in their tracks. We need to manage our stress before it manages us!

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

• Understand the importance of humor and optimism for our overall well-being.
• Learn how to cope with - and embrace - change as a welcome part of life.
• Develop specific strategies for preventing and managing stress and minimizing its effects on our well-being.

• 1.0 CME
• 1.0 CMD Management 
• 1.0 MOC

Release Date: 03/29/2023   |   Expiration: 03/01/2026

Credit Statements:

Accreditation: Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

CME Designation: Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CMD Credit Hours: This CME activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for up to 1.0 management hour toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.

The CMD Program is administered by the ABPLM. For further information, contact ABPLM at 410-992-3117 or at cmd@paltmed.org.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points and patient safety credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Financial Disclosure Statement:

The Association requires the disclosure of all speaker/faculty/planner’s relevant financial relationships; presence of off-label use of a device or medication; and discussion of any experimental, new or evolving topic prior to each accredited education activity.

If the learner perceives any bias toward a commercial product or service, advocation of unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or recommendation, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients please report this to the Association's staff.

The following speaker(s) disclosed relevant financial relationship(s): 

• Julie Gammack, MD, CMD (Planner & Speaker): Stockholder: Amarin
• Kenya Rivas Velasquez, MD, CMD, FAAFP (Planner & Speaker): OptumRx: Stockholder
• All other planners, speakers, and AMDA staff have no relationships with ineligible companies.

All relevant financial relationships have been identified and mitigated.