Using Vulnerability to Heal Burnout with VA Administrator Dr. Ryan Vega
“You learn something from everybody.”
Every single one of us has an underdog story. Whether you are a professional athlete, a corporate athlete, a stay-at-home-parent, a freelancing creative - every single person reading this right now has faced incredible adversity, challenge, change, and complexity to get where they are today.
We're wrapping up Season 1 of Flourish or Fold: Stories of Resilience, and I couldn't think of a better note to end on than this powerful conversation with VA Administrator, Ryan Vega. The theme of our chat was centered around using vulnerability to heal burnout.
If we analyze the resilience stories that belong to those that have 'made it', we're able to see a few key patterns. These patterns begin to form a blueprint to success. One of the most common denominators? The ability to bounce forward from challenge, no matter the odds.
This is what it means to be RESILIENT.
Please join me in celebrating the VERY FIRST SEASON EVER (more to come 🙂🙌) of Flourish or Fold by checking out Ryan's episode. ⇣
On the episode, we talk about:
How the VA has formed Ryan’s journey (2:19)
How finding medical school helped define his career (11:32)
What he learned through the challenge of losing a good friend to cancer (19:20)
The importance of the why in his medical care experience (29:14)
How connection was a grounding force in his struggles through grieving and loss (41:43)
The power of vulnerability in burnout (46:35)
About Dr. Ryan Vega
Dr. Ryan Vega currently serves as the Executive Director of the VHA Innovation Ecosystem in the VHA Office of Discover, Education and Affiliate Networks where he oversees the management of both grassroot and strategic innovation initiatives across the Veterans Health Administration. He is also currently the chairman of the national Quality, Safety and Value Council for the Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization, helping to guide the transition from VA’s legacy EMR to Cerner, as well as shape the future of quality, analytics, research and value driven care.
Dr. Vega is a graduate of the LSU School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency at the VCU Health System where serves as Chief Medicine Resident in the Department of Internal Medicine as well as the VA Chief Resident for Quality and Safety. He also gained additional training in clinical quality through the Advanced Training Program at Intermountain Health Care under the tutelage of Dr. Brett James as well as receiving his Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University where he was an A.D. Williams Scholar.
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