
← AMA STEPS Forward® podcast16 Sept · 37 min
Moral Injury in Medicine: The Leadership Perspective
Listen to the first episode in this series, Moral Injury in Medicine: The Frontline with Wendy Dean, MD:
Spotify: https://bit.ly/46wE07E
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4ryMy7T
Explore the webinar with all three guests from this series: https://bit.ly/4hfoR0C
Explore the Stress First Aid Toolkit: https://bit.ly/4zwhd9o
Explore the Wellness Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/3P6Xlab
Explore Jason Lesandrini’s research on moral injury:
Addressing Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Healthcare: Implications for Workforce Well-Being and Systemic Change: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1546084324001706
Explore recent AMA research on moral injury:
Moral Distress and Occupational Burnout in US Physicians: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846921#google_vignette
Follow STEPS Forward on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin
In this second episode of a three-part series on moral injury, host Heather Farley, MD, MHCDS sits down with Jason Lesandrini PhD, FACHE, LPEC, HEC-C, Assistant Vice President for Ethics, Advance Care Planning and Spiritual Health at Wellstar Health System in Georgia, to talk about how moral injury uniquely affects health care leaders who are often caught between organizational demands and their teams and are expected to execute decisions they privately question. Lesandrini distinguishes between decisions leaders merely disagree with and those that truly violate their values while sharing practical ways leaders can name moral distress early, build ethical workplace cultures, and avoid losing themselves in the process.