ABOUT THE TRAINING

Caseworkers' willingness to go above and beyond to help constituents in distress can easily cross over into burnout and compassion fatigue. In this webinar, experts from the Schwartz Center for Compassion in Healthcare shared their innovative approaches to supporting caregivers facing burnout and trauma in the medical field. Caseworkers will explore ways these lessons may be applied to Congressional contexts.

SPEAKER

Julie Collier is psychologist and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stanford School of Medicine. For much of her 28 years at Packard Children’s Hospital she has worked with patients and families coping with chronic and life-threatening illness, in addition to co-chairing the hospital Ethics Committee. Through her own clinical work, and her work on the Ethics Committee, she came to fully appreciate the extraordinary challenges for clinicians caring for medically complex children and their families and transitioned to focusing full-time on developing resilience and well-being initiatives for staff. She currently directs the Stanford Children’s Health Office for Professional Fulfillment and Resilience.

MODERATOR

Anne Meeker is a civic process and democratic engagement nerd, and a former House district staffer. She was a founding member of the POPVOX Foundation team as Director of Special Initiatives and now serves as Deputy Director. She previously served as Director of Constituent Services for Congressman Seth Moulton, where she worked to use data and technology to deliver smarter casework services to residents of the MA06. Anne holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford (St. Hugh's College), and an MSc in History from the London School of Economics, where she wrote her thesis on presidential memoir. She is also a proud native Clevelander, and will take any opportunity to cheerlead for the 'Land.