COVID, Grief, and Healthcare Professional Burnout: An Opportunity for Awakening - Livestream

The COVID pandemic has necessitated unprecedented change and thus stress at all levels - individual, societal, and global. Themes of grief have never been as relevant as they are now. With the COVID pandemic and resultant innumerable profound losses, our world is grieving collectively. Healthcare systems are the stage upon which these layers of stress and grief are playing out. Yet, even prior to the pandemic, the distress of healthcare systems and the people who comprise them has been the focus of much research, media coverage, and discussion. Burnout of healthcare professionals, including its myriad negative sequelae on patient care, health care professionals’ lives, and healthcare systems was at alarming rates before the pandemic. The pandemic is further exacerbating this situation. In this talk, Dr. Alana Iglewicz will review what is known in the scientific literature about grief, with a focus on clinical approaches to grief. She will also review what is known about healthcare professional burnout. By contextualizing both topics in the COVID pandemic and exploring the connections between grief and burnout, she will outline opportunities for a healthier path moving forward.

Speaker: Alana Iglewicz, UC San Diego

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