Resilient Threads: Weaving Joy and Meaning into Well-Being - Softcover

Panda, Mukta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985566558 ISBN 13: 9780985566555

Publisher: Creative Courage Press, 2020

Synopsis

Physician burnout, depression, and suicide are tearing at the fabric of our health care system, which Mukta Panda has witnessed firsthand. In a culture that privileges evidence over empathy, technology over touch, and what’s measurable over what’s meaningful, many of us—no matter our profession—feel more fragmented and isolated than ever.

In Resilient Threads: Weaving Joy and Meaning into Well-Being, Dr. Panda gives voice to the exhaustion and gives courage for another way. As a physician and medical educator, she has  fought to return human touch to healthcare. As a mother, she has committed—and sometimes failed—to balance the personal with the professional. And as an immigrant, she has clung to the wisdom of her family and faith in the face of discrimination and fear.

By weaving stories of connecting to her patients, students, and colleagues with her own stories of belonging, she models how we can each thrive by creating community and self-awareness.

“Ritual, relationships, and reflection are key threads in how I learned to thrive,” Dr. Panda writes in the introduction. So, too, are they key for the thriving of our world. The well-being of our clinicians and patients, teachers and students, parents and children depends on integrating these threads into a new social fabric, one that honors the whole of who we are with what we do.

About this title

About the Authors

Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London, is an award-winning physician, speaker, and facilitator whose work seeks to transform the heart of patient care and medical education. She serves as the Assistant Dean for Well-Being and Medical Student Education and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. To rejuvenate, Mukta likes to take long walks, cook good Indian meals, and plan surprise parties for her loved ones. Visit www.MuktaPandaMD.com and follow her on Twitter @MuktaPandaMD.

Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD, is the Chief of Staff, and Chief Education and Organizational Development Officer at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). He is also Co-Chair of the Physician Well-Being Task Force. Dr. Brigham holds a PhD in psychological studies in education from Temple University, a Master's degree in counseling and human relations from Villanova University, and a Master's of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Creative Courage Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985566558
• ISBN 13: 9780985566555
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272