Compassion Crisis in Healthcare: Interview w/ Dr. Stephen Trzeciak, Cooper University Healthcare

Dr. Stephen Trzeciak says there has long been a compassion crisis in healthcare. 

 

In this interview he tells us caring more is a key to reducing burnout, and says there is a ton of supporting data, which he and his co-author Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli share in their books Compassionomics and Wonder Drug. Compassion is a skill that people can learn, and it can be transformational. 

 

Dr. Trzeciak is the Professor and Chair of Medicine, Cooper University Healthcare & Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.  spent decades working the ICU. 

 

He says he often meets people on the worst day of their lives, and by practicing compassion in his work he has experienced many positive impacts.

 

Be sure to check out this interview to hear how practicing compassion can help improve your life and work.

 

Purchase Compassionomics:

https://www.amazon.com/Compassionomics-Revolutionary-Scientific-Evidence-Difference/dp/1622181069/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1674599914&sr=8-1

 

Connect with Dr. Stephen Trzeciak

https://www.cooperhealth.org/doctors/stephen-trzeciak-md

 

Learn more about Cooper University Healthcare 

https://www.cooperhealth.org

 

Topical time codes:

1:02 - Why compassion matters 

3:44 - Compassion vs empathy 

6:49 - Can you serve without compassion? 

8:35 - Stephen's personal story with burnout

14:34 - Changing the mindset of practitioners about compassion

20:20 - Intention behind the actions

26:20 - How practicing compassion has changed Stephen's life

 

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