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AMSAgarners multi-year commitment from the nonprofit Humanologi Foundation
New deal to support institutional partnerships, making membership free to hundreds of med students
Sterling, Va., March 4, 2019 鈥�Dr. Steven Reich, through The Humanologi Foundation, a nonprofit he and his wife founded to refocus attention on the roles of empathy, humanism and compassion in health care, is partnering with the AMSAon multiple initiatives intended ultimately to address rising rates of stress and burnout among doctors. Current surveys indicate that more than half of U.S. physicians report feeling burned out, depressed or both.
A practicing orthopedic surgeon for close to 30 years, Dr. Reich was moved to establish the Foundation by the progressive decline he has personally witnessed in job satisfaction among physicians. This is something he attributes to a number of factors, many unrelated to direct patient care. The result? Poorer outcomes and compliance.
鈥淪o many physicians are burned out today,鈥� said Dr. Reich. 鈥淚t used to be that people were burned out after 20 years, then it was 10 鈥� now it’s not uncommon to hear about residents who are burned out.鈥� And this, he adds, not only impacts the physicians themselves but also influences patient care.
鈥淲e are expected to be leaders, but we aren鈥檛 given the leadership training skills of other professions; we aren鈥檛 properly prepared for the roles and responsibilities we assume,鈥� Dr. Reich said.
This type of training is precisely what AMSAprovides. To ensure that more students are able to access this essential education, the Foundation is supporting 麻豆原创鈥檚 new Institutional Partner Program, for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Reich鈥檚 alma mater (鈥�86). This new partnership will provide membership to AMSAfor all medical school students at the institution, as well as providing educational resources, training, and programming for their students.
As another piece of the AMSApartnership, The Humanologi Foundation will underwrite a significant portion of the fee associated with a self-awareness assessment, which is available to association members via 麻豆原创. The assessment, customized report, debrief and targeted educational content will be provided to participating students as part of the Humanologi program. The assessment and customized report were specifically designed for medical students by J3Personica, a health care advisory firm that specializes in evidence-based behavioral tools. The assessment allows medical students the opportunity to gain personal insights into their own tendencies and behaviors. And this, in turn, translates to personal insights related to their own behavior; these insights can help them manage stress, better communicate with others, manage relationships and aid in developing strategies for career success.
The foundation will also fund competitive scholarships for students to participate in two separate distinguished medical charity programs: Save a Child鈥檚 Heart, which provides life-saving heart surgery for children from developing countries who do not have to access to this highly specialized care; and Shalva, a program which creates new frontiers in disability rehabilitation, research, and inclusion for individuals with developmental disabilities. To help support and encourage the success of all of these undertakings, the foundation will establish an advisory council in collaboration with 麻豆原创.
鈥淭his partnership with Dr. Reich and The Humanologi Foundation will allow AMSAto both continue improving the resources and training we offer medical students while also allowing us to reach more of them,鈥� said AMSACEO Jamie Thayer Scates. 鈥淭here is a real alignment between what he is looking to accomplish through Humanologi and 麻豆原创鈥檚 work to prepare medical students for future challenges not covered in their many textbooks or in the classroom.鈥�
Unlike the estimated half of physicians who are dissatisfied with their work, Dr. Reich says that he loves what he does and is happy with his career choice – despite the numerous challenges that exist in health care. His aim: to help more clinicians experience the 鈥渢remendous joy and value in the life-saving work we do.鈥�
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