Deborah Shuck

Deborah Shuck

B.A, M.A.

FL, US
Helping Medical Professionals and Businesses better understand the patient's perspective through empathy

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand emotions.

Empathy in medicine changes perspectives on futures and lives. One medical professional can either give hope or provide a lifetime of depression and angst. This can be changed by exposure to another person's experiences and feelings or showing "Empathy."

Remembering quite vividly the day she was told she would be blind within seven years. Deb remembers the day told she would not live to be a grandmother. Both statements have remained false for over 42 years. However, when told that she had no hope of a productive life, Deb tried to stop taking my insulin in hope of dying. ONE statement could have caused her death. It certainly changed her ideas as to what the future might hold.

Empathy is not emphasized enough in the medical profession today. Empathy matters! It can mean the difference in compliance and non-compliance, patient satisfaction and feeling as though you weren't heard. Empathy is beneficial for doctors as well and can help prevent physician burnout.

It is possible to re-train the mind by teaching listening skills, being more self-aware as well as being able to see that we all share many of the same feelings.

Working with medical professionals Deb teaches listening skills encouraging interview questions that lean more toward empathy and understanding.

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand emotions.

Empathy in medicine changes perspectives on futures and lives. One medical professional can either give hope or provide a lifetime of depression and angst. This can be changed by exposure to another person's experiences and feelings or showing "Empathy."

Remembering quite vividly the day she was told she would be blind within seven years. Deb remembers the day told she would not live to be a grandmother. Both statements have remained false for over 42 years. However, when told that she had no hope of a productive life, Deb tried to stop taking my insulin in hope of dying. ONE statement could have caused her death. It certainly changed her ideas as to what the future might hold.

Empathy is not emphasized enough in the medical profession today. Empathy matters! It can mean the difference in compliance and non-compliance, patient satisfaction and feeling as though you weren't heard. Empathy is beneficial for doctors as well and can help prevent physician burnout.

It is possible to re-train the mind by teaching listening skills, being more self-aware as well as being able to see that we all share many of the same feelings.

Working with medical professionals Deb teaches listening skills encouraging interview questions that lean more toward empathy and understanding.

Empathy in the Medical Profession

Empathy in the Medical Profession

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

Are you concerned with Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS ) results?

The main points in HCAHPS deal with Communication and Empathy. These results are very important for the physicians, nurses, staff and all of the Healthcare Industry. The HCAHPS results are the patient speaking to you. They are telling you of your successes and where you need help getting...

Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

A Woman of Steel- Fearless Passion in Action

You will learn of my struggles and what I have done to make positive changes to help make my own life more successful. You will also learn about the mistakes that I have made and what I did to turn those "mistakes" into learning experiences.
AdversityInspirational / Life-changing

Letting Go -Allowing for Growth

In the late fifties my parents took delivery of a beautiful gift. Considering me nothing less, even though a multitude of physician's visits and several surgeries were to follow. They never expected anything else from me than they had from my sisters. I grew up climbing trees, riding bicycles and roller skating just as everyone else. My parents had to learn the very important lesson of "Letting Go" early if I were to experience growth. It was when I lost my parents I was forced to learn the...
Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Adapting Your Workplace

Make certain that you are not leaving yourself open to employee's rights being obstructed. Deborah comes into your business teaching employees about Diversity and how to work with individuals who are "different."
Employees / WorkforceEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

How Do I Ask? - Speaking to People With Disabilities

A presentation, complete with photos, to help children better understand different disabilities. We will discuss, Paraplegia, Amputees and Prosthetics, Deafness, Service Dogs, Down's Syndrome and more. There will be a book published later in the year to be made available for purchase with photos explaining various disabilities and how successful people are dealing with them.
NonprofitEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Helping Young Adults Become Successful Leaders


Not forgetting the Young Adults...

Do you want to know about Leadership Skills and have it be an important part of your life? I want to help you find those Leadership Skills hiding within you.

This program will assist Young Adults (between the ages of 17-22) in finding those skills to become a leader. Let's have greater success while educating yourself to "Go out and get a job!"

Format: 4 hour...
Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny