Trauma-Informed Design: What is it?
In viewing trauma through a wider lens we see its detrimental impact.
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A More Equitable Society Requires We Address Our Own Implicit Bias
Avoiding implicit bias starts with a conscious knowledge it exists within you.
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Will I Be Hurt by Going to Work Today?
Already struggling in a system-wide burnout crisis, COVID-19 responders in healthcare now have reason to worry.
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Other Than Burnout, What Hurts For Healthcare Workers And Learners?
Clinicians and other healthcare workers, as well as trainees and students, face diverse, cumulative, and synergistic toxic exposures that can lead to distress.
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Flatlined Connectedness: Reviving Healthcare Teams in a Disconnected Culture
In our first blog in the Connectedness Series, we discussed the benefits and drawbacks that the advancement of technology has on connectedness in the workplace especially as it impacts the healthcare arena. However, technology is impacting connectedness in many workplaces, which makes us ask, “What is unique about physicians?”
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Conferences Point Out Need for Connectedness
This spring was a season filled with conferences. I’ve written about the NAHCPC’s conference previously, where our panel discussed the importance of caring for caregivers. Other conferences I participated in included two with a focus on the workplace, where I presented or led a panel for the American Psychiatric Association Foundation’s Center for Workplace Mental Health.
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The Gift of Mindful Listening: Creating Connection and Wellbeing For Healthcare Providers And Their Patients
Deaf physicians are often credited by their patients as having more apt listening skills than their hearing counterparts. Dr. Philip Zazove, Chairman of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and a champion for deaf and hard of hearing physicians nationally says that patients frequently tell him, “I love the way you look at me and listen to me".
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Doctors Are In Pain: A Different Perspective on Why We Should Address Burnout
A group of over 400 healthcare leaders – the majority physicians – convened in the smoky particulate plume of San Francisco last week to attend the American Conference on Physician Health. The theme this year was “Finding Joy in Medicine”.
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