APA SIG: Serving the Underserved

Monday, April 28, 2025

2:00pm – 3:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 322

CE: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Shweta Antani, DO (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, United States
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Padma Swamy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Pediatrician
Olney Pediatrics, United States

Disclosure(s):

Shweta Antani, DO: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Padma Swamy, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Please join the Serving the Underserved for our workshop “Stitching up Moral Injury and Repairing Vicarious Trauma: A Path to Promoting Health Care Provider Wellness.” We will discuss how to deconstruct the challenges we face as those caring for families in under-resourced communities to identify the stakeholders, competing priorities, and personal impacts. Through group discussions and an expert panel, we will explore solutions that promote wellness and sustainability in our careers, supporting providers and trainees to deliver the best care to patients and families.

Agenda (90 min session)
Welcome by SIG co-chairs: 5 min
Talk by Wellness expert: 15 mins
Breakout groups discussion time: 20 mins
- Cases will be focused on vicarious trauma, moral injury, administrative trauma, and how to support trainees and learners
Breakout groups reporting time: 10 mins
Solutions-focused panel: 40 minutes

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe vicarious trauma, administrative harm, moral injury and wellness.
2. Deconstruct challenges while working in under resourced communities to identify stakeholders, competing priorities, and personal impacts.
3. Evaluate potential solutions for wellness and sustainability at the individual and institutional levels while recognizing the impact of vicarious trauma and moral injury.

Presentations:

2:00pm – 2:30pm HST

“stitching up Moral Injury and Repairing Vicarious Trauma: A Path to Promoting Health Care Provider Wellness.”
SIG Speaker: Shweta Antani, DO (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
2:30pm – 3:00pm HST

“stitching up Moral Injury and Repairing Vicarious Trauma: A Path to Promoting Health Care Provider Wellness.”
SIG Speaker: Padma Swamy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Olney Pediatrics
3:00pm – 3:30pm HST

“stitching up Moral Injury and Repairing Vicarious Trauma: A Path to Promoting Health Care Provider Wellness.”
SIG Speaker: Jennifer Lambert, MD MHS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine