Office of Wellbeing Symposium

The Wellbeing Symposium allows us to come together as a community to explore ways to make University of Rochester Medicine the best place to work, innovate, and learn. During the Symposium, participants can meet the current cohort of the Wellbeing Fellowship and learn about their projects, be inspired by our keynote speaker, and take part in a breakout session most relevant to where they work. This year, we welcome Jillian Horton, MD, to explore how relational strategies and storytelling enhance our work. Dr. Horton’s best-selling book recounts her time at an internationally acclaimed program created by University of Rochester Medicine’s Ron Epstein and Mick Krasner (the first 200 to show at Class of 62 will receive a free copy for her book signing event). We curated a half-day of engaging opportunities to learn and grow together with continuing educational credits available.

 

Keynote Speaker Jillian Horton, MD

Dr. Jillian Horton is an award-winning medical educator, writer, musician and podcaster. Dr. Horton is a general internist who serves in multiple leadership positions at University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine. This includes inaugural director of Rady Faculty of Health Science’s programs in physician and learner wellness, director of the Alan Klass Health Humanities Program and associate chair of the department of internal medicine.

Her writing on medicine and medical culture appears regularly in the LA Times, the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, and a variety of American news outlets by syndication. She hosts the novel series Arts, Medicine, Life at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

In 2020, Dr. Horton was awarded the Gold Humanism award by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada for her national contributions to compassion in clinical care and her leadership in the field of humanities in medical education. Her first full-length book, “We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing,” was released by HarperCollins Canada in February 2021 to critical acclaim, and is a national bestseller.