#9 The Psychology of Being a Healthcare Worker During COVID-19 | Dr. Brian McBeth

In this episode, I interview Dr. Brian McBeth, a hospital executive and physician in San Jose, CA, to learn about his thoughts and experiences during COVID-19. He provides details of how and other medical workers cope in the face of this pandemic.

Dr. McBeth also cites having good information as a primary coping strategy. I recommend visiting www.snopes.com to verify information as needed. Here are some resources Brian endorses for receiving up-to-date information pertaining to COVID-19

SCC public health dashboard (public and frequently updated data, on cases, testing, hospital resources) https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx

it's a good source for providers and the public as well. but local data. many of the county PH depts in CA put out similar metrics/dashboards, but not sure if every or most local PH depts do the same across of the country..

National and international sources:

CDC COVID-19 website: frequently updated and great for national perspective
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx

WHO dashboard international epidemiology and broad perspectives
https://covid19.who.int/?gclid=CjwKCAjwtqj2BRBYEiwAqfzurx3qrvm_St9Cv0X6nTgOhgd3NXU0DaoIuMDgqkshh4ucUGiZgXXVqhoCMOYQAvD_BwE

WHO: at the top of the page one can click "public advice" or "country and technical guidance" which is designed for health care workers and policy makers

Lastly, if you want to geek out and see high quality emergency medicine information, EMRAP is a subscription emergency medicine CME service, but they've made all their COVID-19 content free to the public. Most of it is technical, but it can be useful.

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