Compassion & Courage: Conversations in Healthcare
"Compassion & Courage" is a healthcare podcast hosted by professional speaker, Marcus Engel, and his wife, Marvelyne aka The Hotness.
This podcast includes conversations on the leadership topics, we all need: resiliency, finding compassion for ourselves and others, and healthcare trends. There are lots of interviews with docs, nurses, experts, patients, and folks in the field up to their ears doing the work… and finding the balance.
Marcus is a speaker, consultant, professor, and the author of “The Other End of the Stethoscope” and “I’m Here: Compassionate Communication in Patient Care,” two texts that are often used by hospitals and nursing schools.
"Compassion & Courage: Conversations in Healthcare" is a Marcus Engel podcast and the views expressed are entirely his own.
Compassion & Courage: Conversations in Healthcare
Promoting Humanism in Healthcare with Dr. Kathy Reeves
In today’s episode of Compassion & Courage, Marcus invites Dr. Kathy Reeves to discuss the importance of humanism in healthcare and the work of the Gold Foundation in promoting compassionate care. She highlights the need for trust, dignity, and compassion in healthcare and shares her experiences and insights on addressing health disparities and creating meaningful connections with patients. Don’t miss this great deep dive into what it means to be a patient focuses provider!
Key Moments:
00:00 – Introduction and a little about Dr. Reeves
02:48 – The Gold Foundation and its Mission
06:00 – Promoting Humanism in Healthcare
11:40 – The Center for Urban Bioethics and Health Equity
22:10 – Violence is contagious, and we can’t keep ignoring people
27:44 – Witnessing Compassion and the Power of Connection
31:40 – Our Voice Matters
37:14 – Dr. Kathy Reeves, “Every person deserves dignity, compassion, and trustworthiness, whenever they find themselves in their most vulnerable space.”
39:00 – Thank yous and Goodbyes!
Resources for you:
More communication tips and resources for how to cultivate compassion: https://marcusengel.com/freeresources/
Learn more about The Gold Foundation: https://www.gold-foundation.org/
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Connect with Dr. Kathy Reeves on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-reeves-md-faap-141a1019/
Connect with The Gold Foundation: https://twitter.com/GoldFdtn
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More About Dr. Kathy Reeves:
Dr. Kathleen Reeves is the President and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the leading national nonprofit organization that champions humanism in healthcare. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Urban Health and Population Science, the Center for Urban Bioethics, and the Department of Pediatrics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Her specialties include the human connection in healthcare, ethics, trauma-informed care, substance misuse, urban health, healthcare professions education, and health equity.
She spent 20 years at the Katz School of Medicine before taking the helm of the Gold Foundation. Her leadership positions there included Founding Director, Center for Urban Bioethics; Chair, Department of Urban Health and Population Science; Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs; and inaugural Senior Associate Dean for the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. She is a Gold Humanism Honor Society member and was previously recognized as an Honorable Mention for the Gold Foundation’s Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award.
Dr. Reeves resides outside of Philadelphia with her husband, Edisio, who is a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. They have two children, Ben and Ann
Date: 8/26/2024
Name of show: Compassion & Courage: Conversations in Healthcare
Episode number and title: Episode 151 – Promoting Humanism in Healthcare