Health care leaders share insight, strategies, and tips to help prevent physician burnout, optimize workflows, improve well-being, and enhance patient care.

AMA STEPS Forward® podcast
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Health care leaders share insight, strategies, and tips to help prevent physician burnout, optimize workflows, improve well-being, and enhance patient care.
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Recent Episodes

June 10, 2026
REPLAY: When Physicians are in Crisis: Integrating Well-Being into Emergency Response
Explore the Caring for the Health Care Workforce During Crisis toolkit: https://bit.ly/3N9Ihr7 Explore the Value of Feeling Valued Playbook: https://bit.ly/3MYj8j9 Follow STEPS Forward® on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin When crisis strikes, health care organizations often focus on staffing, logistics, and patient care, while workforce well-being remains parallel rather than integrated. In this AMA STEPS Forward® podcast, Kevin Hopkins, MD, speaks with Ilanit Brook, MD, MA, FAAHPM, Chief Well-Being Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, about how her team embedded well-being leadership directly into the hospital incident command center during the 2025 Southern California wildfires. Drawing on lessons from COVID-19 and large-scale emergency response, Dr. Brook explains why health care workers rarely ask for help, how proactive outreach changes outcomes, and what it takes to hardwire well-being into organizational emergency planning. This conversation is essential listening for health care executives, physician leaders, and well-being professionals working to support clinicians during a crisis.

June 3, 2026
REPLAY: Physician Parenthood and Well-Being: Lessons from a Successful Parental Wellness Program
Access the transcript, and claim CME: https://bit.ly/4b10nFn Explore the Parenting as a Physician: It Takes a Lot of Patience webinar: https://bit.ly/3YBemKU Follow STEPS Forward® on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin New and expecting physician parents face unique challenges that can affect well-being, career advancement, and retention. In this AMA STEPS Forward® podcast, Kevin Hopkins, MD, speaks with Laura Dichtel, MD, MHS, and Josephine Li, MD, physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital about the creation and impact of the Physician/Faculty and APP Mass General Brigham Parental Wellness Programs . They discuss mentorship, parental leave transitions, lactation support, and practical lessons health systems can apply to better support physician parents at work.

May 27, 2026
Understanding Burnout in a GME Program: Pearl of the Month
Explore the Resident and Fellow Well-Being toolkit: https://bit.ly/4tGUGDt Assessment resources: - AMA Organizational Biopsy® - Well-Being Index from the Mayo Clinic - Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index™ - Mini Z Resident: Mini ReZ from the Institute for Professional Worklife Explore the Listening Campaign toolkit: https://bit.ly/3OQLH39 Listen to the Well-Being Strategies for Medical School, Residency, and Beyond podcast: https://bit.ly/42xV8b1 Follow STEPS Forward® on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin Residents and fellows experience professional burnout just as frequently as practicing physicians, although they face different stressors in their work environment. A graduate medical education program looking to gather data on burnout among residents and fellows can use several useful assessment tools. While that’s a good starting point, it’s also important to follow up with listening sessions or other conversations to understand the specific needs of the program members.
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