“You learn something from everybody.”

Key Points:

• How the VA has 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)

Links Mentioned:

• Flourish: The 5 Practices of Particularly Resilient People Priority Waitlist
• VA Center for Care and Payment and Innovation

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• LinkedIn