Aloha!! Come JoiN The Happy Doc Ohana in Waikiki for …
Happy Doc
Spring break 2025!
Meet Your Facilitators
Larry DeLuca, EdD, MD
Kristi Grall, MD, MHPE
Elizabeth Vermilyea, PhD
Rick Johnson
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CME in Waikiki!
Outrigger Waikiki Paradise Hotel
(Formerly Outrigger Waikiki Ohana East)
Honolulu, HI
March 7-10, 2025
Preliminary Program Schedule
March 7 (Friday) - Welcome Reception
- 3 PM or after - Arrive, relax, unwind
- 6 PM - Welcome reception and appetizers
- 7 PM - Keynote: Trauma and Transformation
- 8 PM - Mai-Tai One On: Relaxing by the Pool
March 8 (Saturday) - Individual Wellness:
Trauma, Resilience and the Individual
- 8 - 8:30 AM - Free Time, Breakfast bar
- 8:30 - 10:30 AM - Seasoned and Fried: Burnout and Acquired Resilience Through Compassion Satisfaction
- 10:30 - 11:30 AM - Measuring Burnout and Traumatic Stress Using the ProQOL
- 11:30 - 12:30 AM I was stronger than I thought: A Narrative Response to Addressing Compassion Fatigue and Successes
- (Breakfast bar available throughout the morning session)
March 9 (Sunday)- Systemic Wellness:
Building Resilience Into the System
- 8 - 8:30 AM - Free Time, Breakfast bar
- 8:30 - 9:30 AM - Rebuilding Your Hospital: Beyond the COVID Experience and on to "The Next Normal"
- 9:30 - 10:30 AM - Rebuilding Bridges: Interpersonal Dynamics in the post-COVID Era
- 10:30 - 11:30 AM - Emergence and Empowerment: Reframing, Reinterpreting, Realization
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Developing Action Plans
- (Breakfast bar available throughout the morning session)
March 10 (Monday)
- Farewell breakfast (Location/Time TBA)
CME's offered: Up to 9 CME (depending upon participation)
What is the resort like?
Outrigger Paradise Waikiki is a new Outrigger property that was completely renovated in 2024. With a tremendous fitness center, a gorgeous new pool area, and easy access to the beach. a slew of restaurants, and world-class shopping nearby, you're at the heart of it all!
For more info on the resort itself, check out Outrigger's website!
What is the resort price?
Outrigger Pardise Waikiki has granted us an INCREDIBLE Spring Break room rate with the following extras:
- Discounted room rates from $209/night
- No resort fees! (normally $27/day)
- Free high-speed internet is available throughout the property
Want to arrive early? No problem! Conference room rates are available from March 4 to March 12! (checkout March 12).
Want to stay even longer? Special Requests? Please call Outrigger reservations directly at (808) 930-4876 and they can help you! Be sure to mention the discount code 250307HAPP.
How do I book? When should I book?
We will have a limited number of rooms available at the discount rate! Therefore, we urge you to book as soon as possible!
PLEASE NOTE: Per Outrigger, when you book on the website the $27/day resort fee may initially show up on your reservation. The resort fee will be removed when the reservation is processed.
What sort of food is included?
- March 7 - Food and drinks at the reception
- March 8 - Breakfast bar
- March 9 - Breakfast bar
- March 10 - Departure breakfast
In addition to food provided by the program, there are several other options on the property and all over Waikiki!
Program Philosophy
Personal wellness and workplace wellness are equally important. While mindfulness and other personal wellness techniques can help ground us and relieve short-term stress, we also believe that "you can't meditate your way out of a bad job." So we also focus on workplace stressors - and solutions.
The curriculum is solutions-oriented. We consider evidence and causes, but we also provide tools. This culminates in the last day's activity - developing an action plan. Listen, participate, share - and come away feeling not resigned but resolved.
Downtime is healthy. The schedule is not super-packed. So come and enjoy and relax. We've gone to too many jam-packed CME events ourselves over the years. Relax and unwind.
Nothing is required. Do as much or as little as you want. Or just sit by the ocean. You are the best judge of what will help you get the most out of Happy Doc Hawaii.
And it's FUN! None of us believe in morose retreats. We learn, we get tools for the future, and then we play, enjoy nature, and being in each others' company. If it's not fun, what reason is there to show up?
Families are welcome, too!
Happy Doc Hawaii is a family-friendly event! Families are welcome at the opening reception and the farewell breakfast, and there's plenty of free time in the schedule to enjoy having your family with you.
Special Offers and Discounts
Registration Pricing Registration pricing is as follows:
- $849 (non-refundable - available till Jan 1)
- $999 (refundable prior to Jan 1)
Purchase Protection is available for a small fee at the time of registration (including for the discounted non-refundable rate).
Thanks for coming by!
We're really excited about this program and hope you'll be able to join us! Just click on the "Register Now!" button below and we'll see you soon!
Rick Johnson
Kristi Grall
Elizabeth Vermilyea
Larry DeLuca
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