Developing Resiliency Amid a Pandemic

Show Notes

The pandemic has stressed our healthcare workers past its limits. Hospitals were busting at the seams. There was no family support. They feared contracting Covid-19 themselves or transmitting it to vulnerable family members. They faced daily staffing shortages, yet these heroes answered the call to serve the patients most severely impacted! Many now suffer burnout. What is burnout? How do we recognize it in our colleagues and ourselves? How can our healthcare workers be resilient to avoid patient harm? In this episode, Dr. David Farmer, emotional intelligence and psychological safety expert, examines healthcare worker well-being, causes of burnout, and mitigation strategies.

What is Speak Up for SaferCare?

Patient safety is everybody’s business. Preventable medical errors occur in 10% of all patient encounters in a variety of healthcare settings, which can be devastating to patients, families, and the healthcare workers providing their care. Most errors originate from faulty systems or processes, and not individuals. Speak Up for SaferCare shares stories from subject matter experts, healthcare workers, patients, and caregivers-and aims to illuminate where things went wrong, so future harm is prevented.