Wellbeing and resilience
Preventing moral injury, understanding psychological stress and building sustainable careers.
AEPMAssociation of Emergency Physicians of MaltaAEPMAssociation of Emergency Physicians of MaltaAEPM Conference 2024 · Wellbeing, resilience and difficult decisions in emergency care.
The 2024 AEPM Conference explored the challenges faced by frontline healthcare professionals working in high-pressure clinical environments, with particular emphasis on wellbeing, resilience, communication and ethical decision-making.
The conference brought together doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and students to examine pressures encountered beyond the immediate clinical demands of the resuscitation room. Sessions explored moral injury, post-traumatic stress, burnout, acute stressors, ethical dilemmas, communication barriers, incivility and decisions around resuscitation.
Preventing moral injury, understanding psychological stress and building sustainable careers.
Complex clinical judgement, end-of-life decisions and the question of who benefits from resuscitation.
Managing communication breakdowns and incivility in pressured settings.
Clinical and non-technical skills for healthcare professionals at earlier stages of training.
Original speaker biography artwork from the 2024 AEPM Conference website. Select an image to view it in full.
Agnes Portelli, Alexander Grima, Andre Mercieca, Anna Spiteri, Daniele Lauretta Agius, Denise Gatt, Erica Hoekstra, Francesca Spiteri, Greta Attard, James Borg, Justine DeGray, Elizabeth Gialanze, Luke Zammit, Maxine Ciantar, Nicholas Fava, Nicola Lanfranco and Rowena Zrinzo.
The original 2024 conference sponsor acknowledgement is reproduced below.
