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Moral Injury in Healthcare with Wendy Dean, MD

Michael J. Sacopulos, JD | Wendy Dean, MD

August 23, 2023


Summary:

In this interview with host Mike Sacopulos, Wendy Dean, MD, discusses what constitutes a moral injury and how technology and compensation models can add to the problem for healthcare employees.





Wendy Dean, MD, is a writer, speaker, podcast host, and the president and co-founder of The Moral Injury of Healthcare (fixmoralinjury.org ), a nonprofit focused on alleviating distress in the workforce through training and consultation. She and her co-founder, Simon G. Talbot, MD, began the conversation about moral injury in healthcare with the publication of their seminal work in STATNews on July 26, 2018. They have also recently published the book, If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First.

In this interview with host Mike Sacopulos, Dean discusses what constitutes a moral injury and how technology and compensation models can add to the problem for healthcare employees. They discuss the boards of medicine and their role in protection to physicians. In addition, she shares some ideas on viable solutions to the situation currently in healthcare.

wdean@moralinjury.healthcare

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Michael J. Sacopulos, JD

Founder and President, Medical Risk Institute; General Counsel for Medical Justice Services; and host of “SoundPractice,” a podcast that delivers practical information and fresh perspectives for physician leaders and those running healthcare systems; Terre Haute, Indiana; email: msacopulos@physicianleaders.org ; website: www.medriskinstitute.com


Wendy Dean, MD

Wendy Dean, MD, is cofounder of Moral Injury of Healthcare, a 501(c)3 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, addressing workforce distress and is the author of If I Betray These Words.

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