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Workshop 1: Optimizing Your Executive Function Toolkit—Enhancing Impact and Wellbeing 

October 6 @ 11:30 am - October 7 @ 1:00 pm ADT


Executive Skills for a Sustainable Life in Medicine

Join this practical six-session skills series for physicians at all stages of medicine. Physicians are trained to solve complex problems for patients. Yet, strengthening the internal systems that support our own attention, focus, time, prioritization, and follow-through are often left to chance. 

This series offers a practical approach to strengthening the executive function skills that underpin your clinical work and your life to support increased agency, wherever you choose to apply it. You will leave each session with concrete tools you can test during the week. The deeper return is personal. Investing in these skills is one of the most lasting ways to support yourself for steadier days now, and a good life and practice over the long term.

Executive function skills underly all aspects of life and clinical practice. Strengthening these skills can enhance your life and clinical work, helping you feel calmer and less depleted, while protecting attention and energy for the priorities you want your practice and life to serve.

Format and facilitator

Presented by Dr Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, a psychiatrist and Clinical Professor at UBC who specializes in executive function enhancement and adult ADHD in physicians. 

Six 90-minute online sessions.

  • Small-group, confidential format with cameras on when possible.
  • Designed for medical learners and physicians at any stage of practice.
  • Sessions are stand-alone but you are welcome to attend all six sessions for best results.
  • No cost to attend.
  • Workshops are limited to 25-30 physicians.

Workshop 1: Optimizing Your Executive Function Toolkit—Enhancing Impact and Wellbeing 

Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 7:30–9 a.m. Pacific Time

Executive function skills like task initiation, planning, working memory, cognitive flexibility, and emotional regulation run quietly in the background of everyday work and living. Medical training depends on these skills but rarely names them directly. This session offers a practical, plain-language overview of executive function through the lens of real clinical, home and life demands. You’ll learn why more effortful work is often the wrong intervention.

You will:

  • Explore the Foundations of Executive Function skills.
  • Assess Your Personal EF Profile: Use a structured self-assessment tool to identify your unique strengths and areas for growth.
  • Apply Evidence-Based Strategies: Learn actionable techniques to strengthen less-developed EF skills, grounded in current research and tailored to the realities of medical practice.
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