Moral Matters

As the first wave of COVID-19 cases hit the US, severe respiratory distress dominated conversations about treating the disease. Dr. Andrea Levine, a Pulmonary Critical Care physician at the University of Maryland and program director of their Critical Care Medicine Fellowship shares her experience as a respiratory expert on the front line of the pandemic. While alarmingly ill patients flooded the...

You asked, we answered! Join us for our 10th episode of Moral Matters, where Drs. Dean and Talbot field listener questions about what Moral Injury is, who it affects, and what you can do about it.   CME: https://earnc.me/DYxr9J Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/get-started Twitter - @fixmoralinjury Instagram - @moralinjury Facebook - @MoralInjuryofHC LinkedIn - Moral Injury of He...

The system is broken, and we aren’t just talking about healthcare here. Dr. Hallie Brooks joins us to describe her experience as an ER physician during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode is raw and from the heart.   CME: https://earnc.me/xp2GOr Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/get-started Twitter - @fixmoralinjury Instagram - @moralinjury Facebook - @MoralInjuryofHC LinkedIn -...

This week’s episode is a stunning example of how administrators and physicians can come together to ensure the well-being of their staff, patients, and community, even during a global pandemic. Ed Tufaro, SVP of Operations at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, and his team prioritized placing people over profit, even before state governments took action.   CME: https://earnc.me/2RsrNY Support the...

Carlina Rivera never expected to find herself in politics, and she certainly never expected to be the chair of the New York City Council's Committee on Hospitals during a global pandemic. This week, CM Rivera provides us with an invaluable behind-the-scenes look into the bureaucratic challenges of managing the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, from canceling the St. Patrick's Day Parade to advocating for...

In this episode, Michael Fedor shares a harrowing account of advocating for his wife, Serena, and their infant son, Luke, through a perilous childbirth and for weeks afterward. Michael shares how he leveraged his experience in public service and teaching to fight for their lives. This conversation is about the critical illnesses of Serena and Luke. It gets pretty intense at times, so you might wan...

In this episode of Moral Matters, Dr. Wendy Dean interviews Dr. Elena Perea. Dr. Perea works as a hospital psychiatrist at the crossroads of medicine and mental health. Dr. Perea's account of moral injury is powerful and stems from the gap between what she knows is the best care for patients and  what, too often, is the reality of limited care available for mental health conditions in the US. This...

In this episode of Moral Matters, Dr. Jane Kim, an Emergency Medicine Physician on the front lines of COVID-19 in New York City, shares her experience of COVID, and how moral injury pervaded her experience both professionally and personally. We want to hear from you. Send a voice memo or note to podcast@moralinjury.healthcare.  CME: https://earnc.me/MLbI3g Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoral...

In this episode of Moral Matters, Dr. Wendy Dean interviews Dr. Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Dr. Berwick is a long-time advocate for improving healthcare for both patients and providers. During this conversation, we talk about the moral imperative of change in healthcare; how we can approach the challenges more effectively; and why...

In this episode of Moral Matters, Drs. Simon Talbot and Wendy Dean discuss their own experiences with personal challenges that led them to develop the framework of moral injury.   Do you have an experience that sounds similar? We want to hear from you. Send a voice memo or note to podcast@moralinjury.healthcare .   CME: https://earnc.me/c7F3pQ Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/ge...

Join Wendy Dean, MD and Simon G. Talbot, MD., the authors of the  STATNews article  that started the conversation about moral injury in healthcare and elsewhere. In this first episode, they explore how this idea started, how it affects us all, and the growing need for change.   CME: https://earnc.me/9nqVN2 Support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/get-started Twitter - @fixmoralinjury In...

In this brief introduction, hear from Dr. Wendy Dean and Dr. Simon G. Talbot on how the conversation started to turn from burnout to moral injury across industries. And, more importantly, they'll be discussing how to change the drivers of distress.