Overview

This week we delve deeper into last week’s moving vignettes on the power of our words that can be “sharper than our sharpest scalpel or as soothing as a mothers caress”

Module: What you DON’T want from your caregiver

Episode: Words (Part 2)

Referenced on the show

Listen to last week’s podcast here: https://www.crocvip.com/what-you-dont-want-from-your-caregiver/ep31-words/

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Overview

Words can be as soothing as a mother’s embrace or as sharp and hurtful as a kick in the pants.
Today we play excerpts from a short film written, directed and produced by Dr. Eanelli starring local Hudson Valley actors dramatizing real life actual events.

Module: What you DON’T want from your caregiver

Episode: Words (Part 1)

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Overview

Our CROC nation has been feasting on the module, “what do patients want from their caregivers?”
Today Angel and Dr. E begin a new module exploring the opposite question and take a deep dive on the all too common phenomenon of caregiver burnout; how to recognize it in yourself and your healthcare team and how to manage, treat and prevent this nefarious enemy of great oncology care!!!!

Module: What you DON’T want from your caregiver (Premier)

Episode: Caregiver burnout

Referenced on the show

Burnout In Radiation Therapy: Examining The Six Leading Influences

Abstract

Recent studies are highlighting the dangers of burnout amongst healthcare workers, including radiation therapists. Since burnout is associated with an increase in medical errors (Sanchez-Reilly, 2013), it affects both the well-being of the patient and patient satisfaction scores, which are important to a hospital’s reputation. Burnout has a positive correlation with job dissatisfaction and increased employee turnover, making it both a financial and quality issue. Organizations acknowledge that burnout leads to unhappy employees, and unhappy employees are less likely to be engaged in their work, thereby not producing the best “products” (Sehlen, 2009). By examining which components seem to be the most influential on pronounced expressions of burnout, leadership can focus on reducing the major influences effect on their employees…

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Overview

“Listen to your patient; they are telling you their diagnosis” said Dr. William Osler, father of modern medicine.

Join Angel and Dr. E as they look back at the profound depth and impact of the last 2 podcasts and take yet another insight from Dr. Rana Awdish’s book “In Shock”, this time about listening to your patient’s words, listening to their symptoms, and using some good old fashioned Hudson Valley common sense to better serve their needs, not ours!!!

Module: Tommy can you hear me?

Episode: Hudson Valley Common Sense

Referenced on the show

Today’s Kick Off Story: Recap of past 2 episodes

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