the resilient osteopath - aacom

THE RESILIENT

OSTEOPATH

Gregory Hollick, DO

Assistant Professor

ATSU-SOMA

RESILIENCY

• What is Resiliency?

• Why Resiliency?

• Reflects the health of the system and

capacity

• Mitigate shocks to system

PERFORMANCE

• Engagement and Capacity

• Osteopathic academics & clinical

• Athlete Perspective

• Goal is to optimize performance

making them better

BURNOUT

• Triad: Emotional exhaustion,

Depersonalization, Diminished

sense of personal accomplishment.

• Spectrum and Cascade

• Leads to different coping mechanisms.

Maslach, et al.

PROBLEM

• Burnout affects performance.

• Obscures osteopathic viewpoints and

Health

• Addressing burnout

• Even one symptom = Health is

compromised

A.T. STILL

“To find health should

be the object of the

doctor.

Anyone can find

disease.”

Philosophy of Osteopathy

CHANGE

Address Health in order to hold our

Osteopathic Standard, not the status quo

HEALTH

1. The body as a unit; the person is a unit of

body, mind, and spirit.

2. The body is capable of self regulation, self-

healing, and health maintenance.

3. Structure and function are reciprocally

interrelated

4. Rational treatment is based upon an

understanding of the above principlesFoundations of Osteopathic Medicine

HEALTH AND VISION

• Mind - eg. Task switching, Concentration, Study habits, Perspective

• Body - eg. Physical, Posture, Structure/Function

• Spirit - eg. Social, Compassion, Purpose

• Osteopathic Distinctiveness

• Value this perspective

WHAT NEEDS

ADDRESSING

• Guideline standard, status quo

• Separated view of the body

• Diminished holistic thinking

OSTEOPATHIC

RESILIENCY• What our capacity is

at present

• A focus on our

standards

• Establishment of

limits

• Recovery

OSTEOPATHIC

RESILIENCY

• Health and Capacity together

• To operate at peak performance

• Mitigates the effects of burnout and

more

• Offer better patient care and sphere of

influence.

OTHER IMPLICATIONS• OMT

• Productive learning

• Time management

• Nutrition

• Wellness

• Mindfulness

• Compassion

• Exercise

• Doctor-Patient

interactions

• Medical advances

• Enjoyment/Fulfillment

• Medical reform

• Increase in test scores

• Osteopathic Pride

• and more!

CONCLUSION

• Nourish Health and osteopathic principles

• Optimize academic and physical

performance, mental engagement, and

excitement.

• Increase osteopathic distinctiveness and

basis for OMT

• Any program developed must

acknowledge and tie back to principles

THANK YOU

REFERENCESSlide 4: Maslach C, Jackson S, Leiter M. Maslach Burnout

Inventory Manual. 3rd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting

Psychologists Press; 1996.

Slide 6: Picture - A.T. Still, c1914,

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.

3c11668 Author Unknown (Library of Congress

collection);

Quote - Still, AT, Philosophy of Osteopathy. A.T.

Still Kirksville MO,1899.

Slide 8: Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, 3rd ed., Chila,

A -

editor, LWW, 2010.

Slide 13: Picture used with permission of subject

Copyright Dr. Gregory Hollick, 2016