105 The Trauma- Informed Approach for Patient and Practitioner Well-being

Trauma represents a pervasive, damaging, and costly public health problem that affects people from all realms of society. Traumatic stress can result from disaster, violence, abuse, injury, illness, loss, and other emotionally harmful experiences. The trauma-informed approach has emerged as an important model to address the ubiquity of traumatic experiences throughout the life span, along with their subsequent, profound physical and psychological consequences. A growing number of organizations and institutions at the federal, state, and local levels are adopting this paradigm, as the need to address trauma increasingly becomes a significant element of effective health services delivery. In addition, clinicians experience primary trauma, as well as the secondary and vicarious trauma of their patients—which is the reason that promotion of self-care for clinicians is such an important tenet of trauma-informed care. Therefore, creating trauma-informed systems can considerably enhance patient care, augment clinician wellness, transform organizational culture, and increase population well-being.  

Learning Objectives: 

• Recognize sources of trauma and potential manifestations in patients and self 
• Describe the trauma-informed approach, guiding principles, and benefits 
• Employ trauma-informed strategies to enhance patient care and support practitioner well-being

Faculty:

Rosandra Daywalker, MD – Physician, Total Worker Health® Doctoral Trainee, University of Texas Health Science Center

Marcqwon Daywalker, MD – Staff Physician, Director of Health & Well-Being, Trauma-Informed Care Leader, AccessHealth Community Health Center