Listen "When your cup is empty: secondary traumatic stress in pharmacy practice"
Episode Synopsis
The pressures and stress of traumatic clinical events affects everyone in the room including pharmacists. Two pharmacists, Jennifer Mando-Vandrick, Clinical Pharmacist in Emergency Medicine at Duke University Hospital and Philippe Mentler, Consulting Director of Pharmacy at Vizient, discuss the emotional impact pharmacist may have when witnessing the distress of others when traumatic events happen in the clinical workplace.
Guest speakers:
Jennifer Mando-Vandrick, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine
Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency
Department of Pharmacy
Duke University Hospital
Philippe Mentler, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Director, Pharmacy
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[3:31] Secondary traumatic stress or compassion fatigue is a state of emotional distress that results from indirect exposure to traumatic events
[4:00] How secondary traumatic stress differs from burnout
[6:15] How to manage your stress level
[9:23] Acknowledge and accept that you are feeling stress and be open to listening to other people’s feelings
[9:50] How leadership can help their employees deal with stress
[12:00] Peer support
[13:07] Talking to your learners and applicants about how your organization’s culture manages employee stress
Links | Resources:
CDC: Mental Health articles
Psychology Today
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Guest speakers:
Jennifer Mando-Vandrick, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine
Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency
Department of Pharmacy
Duke University Hospital
Philippe Mentler, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Director, Pharmacy
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[3:31] Secondary traumatic stress or compassion fatigue is a state of emotional distress that results from indirect exposure to traumatic events
[4:00] How secondary traumatic stress differs from burnout
[6:15] How to manage your stress level
[9:23] Acknowledge and accept that you are feeling stress and be open to listening to other people’s feelings
[9:50] How leadership can help their employees deal with stress
[12:00] Peer support
[13:07] Talking to your learners and applicants about how your organization’s culture manages employee stress
Links | Resources:
CDC: Mental Health articles
Psychology Today
Subscribe Today!
Apple Podcasts
Amazon Podcasts
Google Podcasts
Spotify
Stitcher
Android
RSS Feed
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