Dr. Andrea Austin, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital: How to Create Changemakers in Healthcare

About this episode

Dr. Andrea Austin discusses the characteristics of changemakers in healthcare and how to cultivate transformational leaders in the medical field.

What characteristics do changemakers in healthcare have and how can the system cultivate more transformational leaders? As provider organizations grapple with a growing number of complex problems -- including physician burnout and increased demand for care -- there’s a growing sense of urgency to find answers to those questions. Our guest today, Dr. Andrea Austin, has been focused on that task, and on this enlightening episode of WorkforceRx, she shares the results of her research on changemaking and her insider’s perspective on how to encourage it based on her work as an emergency medicine specialist and medical educator. As she explains to Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan, many physicians possess the creativity, persistence, sense of purpose and appetite for learning that define changemakers, but lack the environment in which to put those qualities to use. “Culture influences all of this. Organizations have to make sure that the work environment is one in which people can share their opinions and take risks. It is fundamental to changemaking.” This episode also explores key themes in Dr. Austin’s book, Revitalized: A Guidebook to Following Your Healing Heartline, which…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Andrea Austin

Topics covered

• changemakers in healthcare
• physician burnout
• transformational leaders
• medical education
• work environment
• values-aligned medical career

Keywords

• changemakers
• healthcare
• physician burnout
• leadership
• medical education
• work environment
• creativity
• persistence
• values-aligned career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital

Books & works: Revitalized: A Guidebook to Following Your Healing Heartline

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