Modules 1 - 3: Three PVI lectures by Dr. Heather Abernethy The following will be accomplished over the three lecture sessions: 1. Introduce The PVT and the autonomic nervous system (ANS) 2. Discuss how we can use The PVT to help patients feel safe enough to develop a trusting relationship with us. 3. Explain how we can determine the ANS state of our patients and use that information to help them feel safe enough to move into a Ventral Vagal state. 4. Learn how to recognize your own ANS state and how to navigate among states. 5. Explain how resilience resides in the nervous system and is not a reflection of mental weakness. 6. Discuss techniques to increase flexibility of our nervous system, build resilience, and decrease burnout using various techniques such as AWE, breathing, interoception, and movement. Module 4: Physician Provider Panel (45 minutes) with previously recorded Q & A (15 minutes) Dr. Heather Abernethy (Anesthesiologist), Dr. Molly McClain (Family Practice Physician) and Dr. Alissa Greenbaum (General Surgeon) discuss how they use the PVT in their clinical practice. Dr. Abernethy and Dr. McClain discuss a “challenging” case where applying the PVT lens led to a successful and satisfying patient interaction. Dr. Greenbaum shares how she uses the PVT in medical education with general surgery residents. Module 5 Discussion with Dr. Heather Abernethy and Dr. Stephen Porges (45 minutes) with previously recorded Q & A (15 minutes) 1. How the PVT can be used for co-regulation in a medical setting and how patients benefit from this. 2. Whether co-regulation can be taught to healthcare providers. 3. Why health care providers and teams and not just patients benefit from the PVT. 4. Whether co-regulation can be taught to healthcare providers. 5. The importance of patients being involved in their care and educated about their autonomic state for health and healing. 6. Why hospital administrators benefit from knowing about the PVT and how it can improve patient and physician satisfaction and how this could improve patient outcomes. 7. The trauma of medical training and how important it is to recognize your own autonomic state when working with patients. 8. The importance for providers to understand the difference between empathy and compassion and how this applies to burnout. 9. Vagal nerve stimulation and the future of medical study on the Vagus nerve. Possibilities of where to go from here.