Finding Meaning in Modern Medicine Symposium 2025

Finding Meaning in Modern Medicine Symposium 2025 is organized by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and will be held on Nov 07, 2025 at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America.

Description:
Join us for our Finding Meaning in Modern Medicine Symposium, where we will delve into the heart of healthcare to explore the profound impact of compassion and humanity in medical practice. Don't miss this chance to be part of a transformative dialogue that aims to restore meaning and purpose in medicine.

This event will cover crucial topics, such as:

• Fostering healthcare worker wellbeing and preventing burnout
• Advocating for the underserved
• Addressing substance use disorders (SUD) and the opioid crisis.
• The role of near-death dreams and visions in patient care
• Importance of bringing humanity and dignity back into medicine amidst challenges, like insurance denials and corporate pressures. 

Additionally, we will explore innovative approaches like psychedelics for demoralization and pain, and meaning-centered therapy to enhance patient and provider experiences. This conference is an opportunity for medical professionals to reconnect with the core values of their practice, share insights, and develop strategies to improve both personal and patient wellbeing. 

Learning objectives:

• Learn methods to implement organized ways to prevent burnout and support employees
• Participate in discussion and experiential learning to enhance knowledge and commit to action
• Describe the clinical impact of loss of meaning as manifested in demoralization syndrome
• Gain an appreciation of poetry as a media for understanding silence, trauma, connection, wisdom, bereavement, loss, or spirituality
• Communicate and grow through poetry or prose.