The Legal Lifeline: How Gita Pensa Coaches Physicians Through Malpractice and Litigation Stress

In this minicast (short + focused podcast) episode on coaches, emergency medicine physician and coach  Dr. Gita Pensa shares insights from coaching physicians facing malpractice litigation and from her 12-year legal battle. She discusses how fear pervades these experiences and offers practical approaches to managing anxiety while working to change medicine's culture of shame.

Gita is based in Rhode Island. She is the CEO and founder of DoctorsAndLitigation.com, where she coaches clinicians facing litigation stress. Dr. Pensa is also the creator and host of Doctors and Litigation: The L Word podcast and has pioneered work in physician litigation stress.

Key Take-aways

• Fear is the dominant emotion among physicians facing litigation
• Many malpractice cases are eventually dropped, but the anxiety persists
• The culture of shame in medicine surrounding litigation needs transformation
• Communication resolution programs can heal patient-doctor relationships after adverse events

Documentary: A World of Hurt
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