Videos

Connection: The Antidote to Physician Burnout and Attrition | Cecilia Cruz | TEDxSUNYUpstate

In this talk, Dr. Cruz explores the antidote to physician burnout and attrition. Dr. Cecilia Cruz has an MPH in International Health and is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician with over twenty years of experience. In 2018 Dr. Cruz was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Although that was a very challenging time, it created a pause in the demands and expectations of day-to-day life allowing Dr. Cruz the opportunity to deeply contemplate her life, her values, and her purpose.

Podcasts

Part 1 - Mental Fitness for Physicians

On this episode, Dr. Cecilia Cruz a leading expert on physician stress, joins Dr.Tomas Villanueva to discuss how to improve mental fitness in those who’ve given their lives to the care of others.

Part 2 - Mental Fitness for Physicians

This episode of our award-winning podcast continues the discussion on why mental fitness is so crucial for physicians and other clinicians today and yet is a concept that physicians still tend to avoid or downplay. Physician training and medical school have not helped. Join us for this gritty discussion.

Part 3 - Mental Fitness for Physicians

Years of medical school, residency and fellowships have proven to do little in teaching physicians how to care for themselves. Physician burnout is at an all-time high. In this episode, a physician who is a  leading expert on physician stress discusses how physicians can improve mental fitness and reduce burnout.

 

Part 1 - Facing Hostile Patients

The hospital is increasingly becoming a hostile environment, with clinicians facing verbal abuse and physical violence from patients and their families. Clinicians need skills to defuse conflict and hopefully settle down hostilities before they get out of hand. If calming hostilities is not possible, they need to know what to do in the face of violent confrontation. On this episode, Tomas discusses patient hostility with a leading expert on the topic.

Part 2 - Facing Hostile Patients

Physical violence in the healthcare workplace is on the rise. Healthcare workers are more in danger of violence than are police officers or prison guards. Looking at the labor force in general, healthcare workers have five times the likelihood of facing violence than workers across all other industries. Clinicians need skills to defuse conflict and hopefully settle down hostilities before they get out of hand. On this episode, Tomas and Cecilia finish their discussion with some helpful tips.