Aug 5, 2026 · 35 min · 8 segments
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Amanda DeutschGuest
Kevin HopkinsHost
Here we explore physician developed solutions to help care teams and their organizations thrive.

I'm your host, Dr. Kevin Hopkins, a family medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic and physician director of health system engagement here at the AMA.

What does it mean for physicians to truly feel valued? Feeling valued means that individual physicians feel like we matter, not purely as deliverers of patient care or generators of RVUs, but as real people, individuals with unique needs to support the best care for our patients and for ourselves.

Studies have shown that feeling valued is associated with lower rates of both burnout and intent to leave our practice.

At a time when clinical demands are rising and symptoms of burnout are all too familiar for many physicians, understanding how appreciation, gratitude, and recognition impact physician wellbeing has never been more important.

Today, we're joined by a guest whose work helps to shine a light on this very issue.

I'd like to welcome Dr. Amanda Deutsch, Director of Wellbeing in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University.

Before we get started and into our topic, would you mind just telling our listeners a little bit more about yourself and your background?
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Here we explore physician developed solutions to help care teams and their organizations thrive.

I'm your host, Dr. Kevin Hopkins, a family medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic and physician director of health system engagement here at the AMA.

What does it mean for physicians to truly feel valued? Feeling valued means that individual physicians feel like we matter, not purely as deliverers of patient care or generators of RVUs, but as real people, individuals with unique needs to support the best care for our patients and for ourselves.

Studies have shown that feeling valued is associated with lower rates of both burnout and intent to leave our practice.

At a time when clinical demands are rising and symptoms of burnout are all too familiar for many physicians, understanding how appreciation, gratitude, and recognition impact physician wellbeing has never been more important.

Today, we're joined by a guest whose work helps to shine a light on this very issue.

I'd like to welcome Dr. Amanda Deutsch, Director of Wellbeing in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University.

Before we get started and into our topic, would you mind just telling our listeners a little bit more about yourself and your background?