What becomes possible when a health system decides physician well-being is a strategic priority rather than a personal responsibility?

That's what we're talking about today.

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we're exploring what healthcare can look like when physician well-being is built into the system instead of squeezed into personal time.

🔹 Dr. Jillian Bybee is a pediatric ICU physician who believes professional success shouldn't come at the cost of well-being. She collaborates with Graduate Medical Education and organizational wellness teams to design programs that support healthcare professionals.

🔹 Dr. Kristin Jacob is an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics physician and healthcare leader focused on advancing physician and APP well-being at a systems level, helping organizations move beyond individual resilience toward meaningful change.

For years, physicians have been offered resilience training, mindfulness programs, and self-care strategies. Yet burnout and moral injury continue to rise.

Why?

Because physician burnout isn't primarily a resilience problem. It's a systems problem.

The future of healthcare depends not only on caring for patients, but on creating systems that care for the people providing that care.

🔗 Connect with our guests:

Dr. Jillian Bybee

🌐 https://www.jillianbybeemd.com

📰 https://humansleading.substack.com

🎙️ https://humansleading.buzzsprout.com

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-bybee-md-065335166

Dr. Kristin Jacob

🔗 www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-jacob-md-facp-b54a84ba

This episode is sponsored by Brian Case and Direct Wealth Care, providing conflict-free tools and resources that help physicians address the financial stress not talked about in medicine. https://directwealthcare.com/If today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices: https://standupfordoctors.org/books/

And if you’re ready to go deeper…

🌿 Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician Retreat

📍 Windrose on Hudson

🗓 October 9–12, 2026

🔗 https://standupfordoctors.org/events/

Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?

📩 standupfordoctors@gmail.com

Because when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.

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