Grappling with Post-Pandemic Burnout and Trauma

For many, the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic, an EDI reckoning, and record levels of burnout have radically changed the way we think about our professional and personal lives. With burnout, trauma, and exhaustion still prevalent in health care and academic medicine, have we really moved past the pandemic? Can we ever return to “normal?” And what lessons have the last two-and-a-half years taught us about resiliency for individual employees and the collective workforce?

In this Conversation:
• Natasha Ovuoba, Associate Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Huntsman Cancer Institute
• Abdulkhaliq Barbaar, MSW, MBA, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at University of Utah Health
• Nafisa Masud, MS, Content Specialist at University of Utah Health

Host: Mitch Sears, Producer, The Scope Radio