The Wayne State University School of Medicine Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) welcomes all members of our community to join us for a special interactive discussion: 

"Work-Life Balance: It's time for a new paradigm"

As working professional women, we are taught to strive for work-life balance. We are told that this is essential to a happy and fulfilling life. However, this pursuit often has the opposite effect, and we end up feeling stressed out and exhausted. In this talk, we will discuss the problems with work-life balance and outline an alternative approach to finding joy in all aspects of our lives.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how trying to achieve work-life balance can contribute to burnout.
• Learn how to identify and utilize your personal core values to increase joy and fulfillment in your personal and work life.
• Identify limiting beliefs and learn how to incorporate deliberate mindset shifts to create more time and space in your life for the things that matter most to you. 

Guest Speaker:

Suzana Tsao, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Vice-Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Co-Director for the Perelman School of Medicine's Virtual Health System at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her clinical and administrative duties, she is trained as a life coach and works with professional working moms to declutter their days to create a life that they love. She spends her time in a perfectly unbalanced manner, with her two children, husband, family, friends, and pursuing her passions both in and outside of work. 

Speakers: Have no commercial/financial relationships

Planning Committee Members: Basim Dubaybo, M.D. (Activity Director), Claire Pearson, M.D., Kate Laimbeer and Kailah Weatherspoon have no commercial/financial relationships.

Target Audience: Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty, staff, medical students, fellow and residents

The Wayne State University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Wayne State University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: This program is not related to specific diseases or conditions but rather deal exclusively with medical education. Therefore, there are no potential conflicts of interest with ineligible companies as defined by ACCME and there is no need to identify, disclose or mitigate commercial conflicts of interest.