Burnt-out healthcare workforce gets a professional lifeline

LOS ANGELES — Since the start of the pandemic, alarming one-in-five healthcare professionals have quit their job. The exodus of the exhausted has left behind an understaffed, overwhelmed industry operating beyond capacity in the midst of a public health crisis with no end in sight. Though according to business educator John Patterson, “There is hope, realistic hope.”

Doctors, nurses, administrators, and staff left behind are struggling to cope with a crisis beyond the scope of skills taught in medical schools. Those who have moved on are looking for ways to reinvent and revive their healthcare careers. In response to the crisis, leading business educators and medical professionals have teamed up to offer burnt-out healthcare providers a professional lifeline.

On March 1, 2022, at 5 PM Pacific, Influential U, one of the world’s leading advanced business education programs, will present Code Blue: A Lifeline for Healthcare Careers in Crisis, a free 90-minute webinar featuring a panel of experienced healthcare professionals from around the world. Panelists will offer practical insights on the new skills needed to adapt healthcare careers to survive the current crisis and thrive beyond it.

 “Healthcare professionals represent our largest student group, making Influential U uniquely qualified to help them,” shares John Patterson, CEO of Influence Ecology. “Code Blue will explore the opportunity side of the current crisis for healthcare professionals who are ready to reinvent their careers, and their industry in the process.”  

Moderated by Influence Ecology CEO John Patterson, the panel will feature practicing medical professionals from around the world plus administrators from the University of Virginia Department of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis among others. Experts will introduce advanced strategies to avoid burnout, produce balance and move beyond barriers that are currently blocking fulfillment in their careers.

PANELISTS

REGISTRATION

Healthcare professionals can register free atinfluenceecology.com/codeblue

INTERVIEWS

John Patterson and panelists are available for print and radio interviews.