The Role of Empathy in Patient Safety Ft. Dr. Soojin Jun Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn about the important role empathy plays in patient safety.  Dr. Soojin Jun is a board-certified geriatric and population health pharmacist. Passionate about empathy in healthcare and patient rights, she is a founding member of Patients for Patient Safety US. In this episode, she discusses the importance of self-empathy for healthcare professionals, and the role pharmacists can play in patient safety. 00:00 Preview  00:31 Introduction 00:52 About Dr. Soojin Jun  02:22 Why the healthcare sector needs empathy 04:34 Why we cannot provide healing while we are hurting 09:05 The importance of self-empathy for healthcare professionals  13:15 What does "medical harm” mean?  15:22 What is the WHO’s Global Patient Safety Action Plan?  20:00 Soojin’s experience with empathy while becoming a pharmacist 22:25 How a major loss led Soojin to pursue a career as a pharmacist 29:40 Soojin Jun’s Purposeful Empathy Story    CONNECT WITH SOOJIN JUN ✩ Patients for Patients Safety: https://www.pfps.us/ ✩ WHOs Global Patient Safety Action Plan: https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/policy/global-patient-safety-action-plan#:~:text=This%20global%20action%20plan%20was,%2C%20every%20time%2C%20everywhere%E2%80%9D. ✩ LinkedIN: linkedin.com/in/soojin-jun CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected]   ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/   ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast Video edited by David Tsvariani