Episode 164: Resilience and Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals during Extraordinary Times featuring Dr. Shelley Cohen Konrad

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Dr. Shelley Cohen Conrad about the resilience and well-being of healthcare professionals during extraordinary times.

Shelley is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education at the University of New England and a professor at the University of New England School of Social Work.

She graduated from Boston University in Developmental Psychology and received an MSW and PhD in Social Work from Simmons University in Boston. In 2014, she was inducted as a distinguished scholar and fellow in the National Academies of Practice (NAP), and the Social Work Academy.

Shelly discusses her keynote presentation at the 2022 NAP Annual Forum on resilience and the approach she took to ensure she represented the perspectives of many health professionals on the topic of resilience.

We also talk about Individual and Team Resilience and some interventions or experiences to make the most significant difference in being resilient.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

05:39 - About Shelley’s journey into Social Work

10:44 - A bit about Shelley’s keynote presentation at the 2022 NAP Annual Forum on Resilience in Extraordinary Times

20:58 - About the importance of knowing about burnout, moral distress, moral dilemmas, and ambiguous loss as we move through the COVID-pandemic

30:53 - Interventions and experiences to make the biggest difference in being resilient

40:08 - The definition of Team Resilience and why it is important

43:25 - Different components of Team Resilience

We could tell you this episode is full of pearls of wisdom about resilience, but we won’t, we’ll let you discover that for yourself. Start listening here now, or go here to watch on the MissingLogic LLC YouTube channel.

Best Way to Reach Dr. Shelley Cohen Conrad:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-cohen-konrad-65445926/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sckonrad

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