Speaking
Dr. Saddawi-Konefka speaks regularly on healthcare worker well-being and help-seeking, feedback and coaching, self-regulation and motivation, and medical education. This has included grand rounds and society meetings across the US and around the world.
Talks he is invited to give
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Barriers to Help-Seeking for Healthcare Workers
Why clinicians don't seek mental health care, and what actually lowers the barrier. Talk resources and references →
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The Science of Motivation
Where lasting motivation really comes from, and how we undermine it without meaning to.
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Self-Regulation: Turning Intentions into Action
Closing the gap between what clinicians intend to do and what they actually do.
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Overcoming the Challenges of Feedback
Helping learners see what they can't see themselves, and use it to improve.
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Learning Orientation
How the goal you bring to a setback, improving versus looking good, shapes whether you grow from it.
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Dr. Daniel Saddawi-Konefka is an anesthesiologist and intensivist whose work centers on helping clinicians grow, perform, and stay well. He is Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Program Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Anesthesiology Residency. In 2020 he co-founded The Emotional PPE Project, a national nonprofit that has connected thousands of healthcare workers to free, confidential mental health care and helped drive medical-licensing reform in multiple states. His research, grounded in cognitive psychology and educational theory, focuses on intrinsic motivation, self-regulation, feedback, and the barriers that keep healthcare workers from seeking the support they need. He holds an MD and MBA from the University of Michigan.