ASHE PDC Summit Speakers Set, Includes BSA

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January 31, 2024

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Kat DiPietro, Wendy St. John, and Zahra Zamani Set to Speak at the ASHE PDC Summit

The PDC Summit brings together thousands working in healthcare planning, design, and construction disciplines to advance the healthcare built environment — mirroring real-life stakeholder collaboration across varied professions and career stages — in one centralized place.

Preview the session featuring BSA below.

Actionable Strategies for Overcoming Staff Burnout and Chronic Stress

Wednesday, March 20, 9:30-10:30 AM

Speakers: Kat DiPietro, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, LSSYBC, Principal, BSA LifeStructures; Wendy St. John, RN, BSN, TCRN, Healthcare Operational Planner, BSA LifeStructures; and Zahra Zamani, Ph.D., EDAC, LSSYB, Director of Research, BSA LifeStructures

In today’s complex, demanding healthcare work environment, addressing staff burnout is one of the most critical and confounding challenges facing the healthcare industry. This burnout epidemic is driving new research – particularly in the design of the built environment – as organizations struggle to stem the tsunami of chronic absenteeism, staff departures, low productivity and morale, early retirements, and stress-induced mental and physical health conditions.

Drawing from research by The Center for Health Design, Brene Brown and Mayo Clinic, and the Gallup Healthways well-being metrics, this session explores overcoming burnout and chronic stress.

Attendees will learn the significance of work-life balance and well-being in healthcare environments and how that translates into design/construction environments. At the end of the session, they will be better equipped to mitigate burnout and chronic stress through actionable strategies, cultivate “employability soft skills” for resilient workplace culture, and implement research through interactive activities that develop well-being work cycles for professional and personal success.