Moral Injury in Medicine: Building Bridges Between Leaders and Frontline Teams

Listen to the first two episodes in this series:

• Moral Injury in Medicine: The Frontline, with Wendy Dean, MD:
  • Spotify: https://bit.ly/46wE07E
  • Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4ryMy7T
• Moral Injury in Medicine: The Leadership Perspective, with Jason Lesadnrini, PhD, FACHE, LPEC, HEC-C:
  • Spotify: https://bit.ly/3V5WMjQ
  • Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4yWqZ3z

Explore the webinar with all three guests from this series: https://bit.ly/4hfoR0C

Explore the Stress First Aid Toolkit: https://bit.ly/4zwhd9o

Explore the Wellness Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/3P6Xlab

Explore Katherine Meese’s research:

• Predictors of Perceived Senior Leader Honesty and Integrity: Results from a National Sample of Healthcare Workers: https://www.ovid.com/jnls/jhmonline/abstract/10.1097/jhm-d-24-00139~predictors-of-perceived-senior-leader-honesty-and-integrity?redirectionsource=fulltextview

Explore recent AMA research on moral injury:

• Moral Distress and Occupational Burnout in US Physicians: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846921#google_vignette

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In this final episode of a three-part series on moral injury, host Heather Farley, MD, MHCDS sits down with Katherine Meese, PhD, to discuss the differences in how moral injury is experienced by frontline teams and leadership, and how the trust gap between the two can be bridged. Dr. Meese expands on the “middle management trust gap,” how leaders can unintentionally erode trust by blaming decisions on those above them, and offers practical ways to communicate hard decisions, rebuild trust through apology and forgiveness, and share ownership of a healthier culture.

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