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Reducing Burnout in Healthcare Professionals - Final Project Friday with Andrew Somers

02aug1:00 pm2:00 pmReducing Burnout in Healthcare Professionals - Final Project Friday with Andrew SomersFinal Project presented by a CAPP graduate.

Event Details

Hi friends, join me to welcome Andrew Somers to Final Project Friday. Andrew holds a doctorate in physical therapy and works as a Clinical Assistant Professor for Oklahoma City University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. For his final project he created an 8 week course for healthcare professionals that covers major topics in positive psychology and teaches how to use its philosophy and tools to reduce burnout. Join us to learn more about how Andrew is bringing PP to his work in PT 🙂

About Andrew (CAPP.106)


Super Power

  • Targeted, and barely contained obsession;)

What inspired my final project

  • I wanted to develop coursework for all clinicians to take while managing a busy clinic workload. Healthcare is hard, and we all can use a little help to stay in the game.

My positive psychology journey

  • In 5 years I hope to be integrating PP into my physical therapy courses, and running a thriving side-gig teaching burnout management to healthcare professionals at their own pace.

Bio

Dr. Andrew Somers is a Clinical Assistant Professor for Oklahoma City University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. He is also a recurring guest speaker for The University of Oklahoma on a variety of topics.

He has served rural Oklahoma communities in outpatient clinics since his graduation from The University of Oklahoma’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2015. Dr. Somers began teaching continuing education seminars in 2016 on various topics, including chronic pain, neurophysiology, psychosocial considerations of pain, creative exercise dosing, and stress management.

He completed the Evidence in Motion Manual Therapy Certification in 2016, became an APTA certified clinical instructor in 2016, attained board certification in Orthopedics in 2017, completed the International Spine and Pain Institute’s Therapeutic Pain Specialist program in 2019, finished APHPT’s Applied Prevention and Health Promotion Therapist program in 2020, and recently achieved certification in Applied Positive Psychology through The Flourishing Center.

Dr. Somers currently uses his CAPP training to help promote optimism, reduce burnout, and improve the overall wellness of his students while teaching advanced orthopedics, gait, and foundations of physical therapy. Somehow, he manages to fit a thriving career around his hobbies—including wood and leather working, sewing, and playing bass and drums. His wonderful and ever-patient wife, Diana, supports him and encourages him in all his endeavors.

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Time

(Friday) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST(GMT-04:00)