{"podcast":{"title":"AMA STEPS Forward® podcast","slug":"ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562","podcast_index_feed_id":3867562,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/2tSAHdU6","website_url":"https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/pages/podcast","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/690058ba-62be-4392-8cf8-ab99d6d55537/6e167b63-1798-47e5-ae95-22a0b00961b3/3000x3000/stepsforward-podcast-logoonly-v1-111124.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"American Medical Association","episode_count":213,"summary":"Health care leaders share insight, strategies, and tips to help prevent physician burnout, optimize workflows, improve well-being, and enhance patient care.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:23:28.629240+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562"},"episode":{"title":"Changing the Culture: How One Ohio Community is Normalizing Physician Mental Health","slug":"changing-the-culture-how-one-ohio-community-is-normalizing-physician-mental-health","published_at":"2026-07-01T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/changing-the-culture-how-one-ohio-community-is-normalizing-physician-mental-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562","url":"https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/pages/podcast","audio_url":"https://afp-935244-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/f079d768-31cc-4266-9c0e-5ad0bb14c2e2/episodes/c443fd54-11df-4b7d-b7d0-ccf6b5a57a07/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f079d768-31cc-4266-9c0e-5ad0bb14c2e2&awEpisodeId=c443fd54-11df-4b7d-b7d0-ccf6b5a57a07&feed=2tSAHdU6","summary":"Explore the Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/3P6Xlab Follow STEPS Forward on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin When pediatrician and CMO Rob McGregor, MD surveyed his physicians and found that nearly half were at risk of or already experiencing burnout, he did something unusual: he cold-called a psychiatrist he’d never met. Joseph Varley, MD answered that call, which led to the formation of the Akron Physician Wellness Initiative (APWI), a free, confidential, no insurance mental health service built specifically for physicians. In this episode, Dr. McGregor and co-founder Dr. Varley join host Kevin Hopkins, MD, to share how they turned a bold idea into a thriving program.","meta_description":"Explore the Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/3P6Xlab Follow STEPS Forward on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin When ped…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/episodes/changing-the-culture-how-one-ohio-community-is-normalizing-physician-mental-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562/changing-the-culture-how-one-ohio-community-is-normalizing-physician-mental-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}