Each day as OB/Gyn’s we counsel and encourage our patients to engage in healthy, life changing behaviors. Behaviors which many physicians don’t engage in themselves! Physicians are busy and are asked to do more work in shorter times,  which is a frequent reason cited for a lack of self-care. It is our goal to emphasize physician self-care as an important component of providing excellent daily patient care. The same important topics that providers counsel patients on (nutrition, weight loss, blood pressure and diabetes management) are the same topics attendees may consider implementing in their personal lives. Another important aspect of self-care is protecting yourself from burnout. An estimated 40% to 75% of OB/Gyns currently suffer from professional burnout, making the lifetime risk a near certainty for most. We will address real strategies that you can implement to prevent or treat burnout. Finally, ethics lectures on the important issues of
decreasing maternal mortality and the national opioid epidemic are planned. This year we are honored to have several past ACOG presidents, as well as our current ACOG president speaking. The speakers are regional and national experts in their field with a target audience of general OB/Gyn physicians, other healthcare providers who serve women, and OB/Gyn trainees in residency or fellowship.