WCC Podcast

The U.S. health workforce is in distress. Burnout and moral injury are on the rise, and the consequences for practitioners and patients are devastating. We need to fix it.

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The Workplace Change Collaborative Podcast explored the drivers and consequences of burnout and moral injury amongst health workers, and identified practical strategies to improve their well-being. The podcast series is available on Apple, Audible, iHeart Radio and Spotify.

In this limited six-part series, listners are guided by host Wendy Dean, MD through the many topics the Workplace Change Collaborative addresses including:

Why burnout and moral injury are getting the attention of the U.S. government, and why all of us should care about the well-being of our health workers
The impact of burnout and moral injury on health workers and those they serve
How we can empower this vital workforce
How we can create change on an organizational level and empower leaders in those spaces
Ways that everyone – patient, health worker, or policy maker - can advocate for change
What we have learned since the project began, and what we see in the field moving forward.

To learn more about moral injury, burnout, and what to do about both, access our interactive framework. The WCC Podcast was produced by Jill Ruby.

Media Mentions & Press Releases:

May 28: 2024: Healthcare worker burnout, solutions addressed in new podcast led by GW institute
April 30, 2024: New Podcast Series Launched to Confront Burnout and Moral Injury in Healthcare

Workplace Change Collaborative‍

Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
2175 K St NW, Washington, D.C., 20037

workplacechange@gwu.edu

The Workplace Change Collaborative was a partnership between the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Moral Injury of Healthcare, and AFT Healthcare.

This program was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $5,940,548 with zero percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.