This presentation is designed for medical students, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals in training offering insights into the potential hazards they may encounter in their future careers. It explores challenges such as depression, addiction, work stress, and professional boundary issues, illustrating how these can impact personal well-being and patient care. By understanding these hazards early on, students can prepare themselves to recognize, address, and mitigate these challenges as they embark on their healthcare careers. At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant should be able to:

1: Identify Occupational Hazards: Recognize potential hazards, including depression, addiction, work stress, and professional boundary issues, that healthcare students may face in their future careers.

2: Understand Potential Outcomes: Understand how these hazards can impact personal well-being and patient care, leading to compromised health, strained relationships, and decreased quality of life.

3: Prepare and Cope: Learn strategies to prepare for and cope with these hazards, ensuring personal resilience and the ability to maintain high-quality care.

4: Assist Colleagues: Gain knowledge on how to assist distressed colleagues who may be experiencing these occupational hazards.

5: Awareness of Support Services: Be aware of the scope and type of support services available, such as counseling, peer support and professional health programs like UPHP, to address these occupational hazards.

6: Accessing Support: Understand how to access these support services when needed, ensuring timely assistance and intervention.