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ForwardWell-Being Month 2026: How to Build Positive Relationships Quickly: Communicating Trust, Optimism, Respect, Intentionality, and Care
February 12, 2026
These activities aim to raise awareness of burnout among healthcare professionals and present strategies for promoting resilience, which will improve practitioner health and, ultimately, patient outcomes.
Relationships are built in small moments. This session introduces the invitational approach, a practical way of interacting that centers connection, respect, and cooperation rather than power and control. Participants will learn the TORIC framework (Trust, Optimism, Respect, Intentionality, Care) and apply it to common clinical and academic scenarios to strengthen relationships and support well-being.
Relationships are built in small moments. This session introduces the invitational approach, a practical way of interacting that centers connection, respect, and cooperation rather than power and control. Participants will learn the TORIC framework (Trust, Optimism, Respect, Intentionality, Care) and apply it to common clinical and academic scenarios to strengthen relationships and support well-being.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals at the University of Chicago and its affiliates, who are dedicated to promoting well-being in themselves and others.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify the five TORIC elements (Trust, Optimism, Respect, Intentionality, Care) within common professional interactions.
- Explain the invitational approach and its role in fostering connection, respect, and cooperation in clinical and academic settings.
- Apply the TORIC framework to develop an invitational statement that supports connection and well-being in a clinical or academic scenario.
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The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
Jill M. Weber, PhD
Director of Communication for Graduate Medical Education
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Founder, Center for Thriving
Director of Communication for Graduate Medical Education
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Founder, Center for Thriving
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
The credit claiming process will close one month after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after one month may incur additional fees.
Registration: This course is only open to University of Chicago affiliates.
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