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JOHN-HENRY PFIFFERLING, Ph.D. Director, Center for Professional Well-Being |
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Dr. John-Henry Pfifferling Director, Center for Professional Well-Being
Dr. Pfifferling offers an extensive background in applied medical anthropology, focusing on well-being advocacy for professionals. As an educator he emphasizes the application of what has been learned from the epidemiology of well-being to promote physician satisfaction, resiliency, and effectiveness. |
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He completed his undergraduate education at City University of New York, with a Masters from Hunter College and a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. His NIMH funded post-doctoral was granted from Duke University Medical Center to study residency stress in Internal Medicine. He has held academic appointments at Adelphi University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Maine at Augusta, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and has been a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1981. He has been a visiting speaker and given Grand Rounds in over half of the medical schools in the United States. He founded the Center for Professional Well-Being in 1979, with Jeffrey Blum, MD and William DeMaria, MD, as a non-profit educational institution to provide support and solutions for reducing the depleting stressors of professional life. The associated Society for Professional Well-Being provides a membership arm of the Center for sharing current information and assistance. He has published widely in professional journals, textbooks and newsletters concentrating on prevention strategies, which promote health among professionals. Center clients have included international and national societies, medical associations, medical malpractice carriers, group practices, hospitals and individuals.
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In addition to keynote addresses, seminars, and convocations, Dr. Pfifferling and associates offer practice and individual problem resolution in the following areas:
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATONS Books and Booklets Beyond Survival (American Medical Association, 1980) The Impaired Physician: An Overview (Health Science Consortium, 1981) Freedom from Stress for the Pharmacist (Bristol-Meyers Squibb, 1992) Techniques for Coping with Stress and Change (Am. Med. Assoc., 1994)
Videotapes How to Start a Professional Support Group (Health Sciences Consortium) Increasing the Satisfaction of Practice (with Cynthia Scott, PhD, Glaxo, 1991) Stress Management and the Practicing Physician (Glaxo, Inc., 1996)
Articles Why Doctors Don’t Speak Your Language (Medical Self-Care, 1980) Physician Impairment: Some Criteria for Prevention (JKansMedSoc, 1981) Helping the Impaired Physician (Malpractice Digest, 1982) Promoting Pharmacy Well-Being (American Pharmacy, 1982) Medicalization and Socialization (In The Use and Abuse of Medicine, 1982) Coping with Residency Distress (Resident & Staff Physician, 1983) The Role of the Educational Setting in Preventing Burnout (Family & Community Health, 1984) Well-Being of Pharmacists, Parts 1 & 2 (Michigan Pharmacist, 1985) Cultural Antecedents Promoting Professional Burnout (In Heal Thyself: Health of Health Professionals, 1985) Impairment Risk in NC Pharmacy Students (American Pharmacy, 1985) Stress in Residency Training (In Stress in Pediatric House Staff Training, Ross Lab, 1986) Preventing Physician Suicide: Some Suggestions (SIEC Journal, 1986) Nurse Anesthetists, Well-Being, Parts 1 & 2 (JAssocNursAnesth, 1986) Educational Malpractice: Discordant Values in Medical Education (Vertices, Duke University, 1987) The Road to Lawyers’ Well-Being (Pennsylvania Lawyer, 1989) Things I Wish They Taught Me in Medical School (Resident & StaffPhys, 1990) How to Foster Physician-level Health and Avoid Burnout (The Physician’s Advisory, 1992) How to Cope with the Stresses of Practice (Michigan Medicine, 1993) Ounces of Malpractice Prevention (Physician Executive, 1994) Preventing Burnout among Health Care Professionals (Humane Medicine, 1994) Impaired? No. Distress? Yes (Patient Care, 1995) Physician Well-Being (In Noble, Textbook of Primary Care, 1995) Coping With Stress and Change (Aurora Focus, 1996) How Close are You to Burnout? (Family Practice Management, 1997) The Revolution is Here (The Physician Executive, 1997) Managing the Unmanageable: The Disruptive Physician (Family Practice Management, 1997) Provider Satisfaction = Patient Satisfaction (Group Practice Journal, 1998) Putting 'Life' Back into Your Professional Life (Family Practice Management, 1999) Manuals Professional Support Group (CPW-B, 1990) Professional’s Spouse Support Group (CPW-B, 1990) Litigation Stress Support Group (with Louise Andrew, MD, JD, CPW-B, 1991)
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