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New Episode
New Episode — Life Support Podcast
S1E2 · Life Support Reloaded
When Doctors Stop Waiting and Start Building
Why two emergency physicians, Dr. Dev Dash and Dr. Andy Chu, decided to stop waiting for someone else to fix healthcare and started building their own solutions instead; how their innovation lab creates AI tools grounded in the messy reality of real emergency departments; why the question isn't just what AI can do, but what has to stay human; how innovation can amplify connection instead of eroding it; and how the people closest to a problem are often the ones best equipped to solve it. Hosted by Bonnie Kim, Director of Narrative Research and Education at CCARE.
Stop the Stigma EM Month
Don't Break Your Back for a Broken System
Storytelling, Self-Compassion, and Moral Injury in the Emergency Department
This Stop the Stigma EM Month webinar, sponsored by the SAEM Wellness Committee, explores how storytelling and self-compassion can help physicians process moral injury, reconnect with meaning, and recognize when experiences carried as personal failures may reflect larger systemic challenges. Drawing on Life Support and Stanford CCARE's work in compassion education, participants will consider ways to protect the compassion that brought them to medicine, restore a sense of agency, and move from private suffering toward shared understanding and meaningful change.
TEDx Talk
Dr. Andy Chu @ Stanford TEDx
How Doctors and Patients Save Each Other in a Broken Healthcare System
Dr. Andrew Chu shares how human connection and compassion saves patients and doctors.
A Harvard-trained emergency physician, Stanford professor, and award-winning filmmaker, Dr. Chu speaks openly about burnout and moral injury, and the moments of connection that kept him showing up. His story became Life Support, an award-winning short film that grew into a broader Stanford effort using storytelling, research, and education to make the human realities of healthcare visible.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A Movement to Humanize Healthcare
Life Support is a program of Stanford CCARE that uses storytelling, film, podcasts, and lived experience to illuminate the human realities of healthcare. By connecting these stories with compassion science, reflection, research, and education, Life Support helps turn what is often carried privately into greater understanding and opportunities for change.
CARE NEEDS CARE
The numbers tell the story.
CARE NEEDS CARE
When physicians feel drained, and patients feel unheard, trust and quality of care suffer.
WHAT WE DO
Storytelling, Research, and Outreach
TEDx Talk
Dr. Andrew Chu shares how human connection and compassion saves patients and doctors.”
WATCH
Podcast Series
A storytelling-focused show featuring physicians, patients, and expert guests. Each episode shares lived experiences and explores topics of well-being, policy, and solutions for creating healthier systems.
LISTEN
The Life Support Film
A short narrative film that illustrates the emotional and systemic realities of healthcare work. The film serves as an educational and outreach tool across universities, conferences, and hospitals.
WATCH
Education & Workshops
A growing library of narrative-driven materials, reflection prompts, and short-form story visuals is being developed to help emergency physicians and medical students strengthen emotional awareness, process moral injury, and reconnect with the meaning behind their work.
COMING SOON
Research & Policy
Insights and engagement metrics from Life Support that explore how storytelling and educational outreach can raise awareness, connect stakeholders, and inform future efforts toward systems-level change.
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LIFE SUPPORT
New Episode
New Episode — Life Support Podcast
S1E2 · Life Support Reloaded
When Doctors Stop Waiting and Start Building
Why two emergency physicians, Dr. Dev Dash and Dr. Andy Chu, decided to stop waiting for someone else to fix healthcare and started building their own solutions instead; how their innovation lab creates AI tools grounded in the messy reality of real emergency departments; why the question isn't just what AI can do, but what has to stay human; how innovation can amplify connection instead of eroding it; and how the people closest to a problem are often the ones best equipped to solve it. Hosted by Bonnie Kim, Director of Narrative Research and Education at CCARE.
Stop the Stigma EM Month
Don't Break Your Back for a Broken System
Storytelling, Self-Compassion, and Moral Injury in the Emergency Department
This Stop the Stigma EM Month webinar, sponsored by the SAEM Wellness Committee, explores how storytelling and self-compassion can help physicians process moral injury, reconnect with meaning, and recognize when experiences carried as personal failures may reflect larger systemic challenges. Drawing on Life Support and Stanford CCARE's work in compassion education, participants will consider ways to protect the compassion that brought them to medicine, restore a sense of agency, and move from private suffering toward shared understanding and meaningful change.
TEDx Talk
Dr. Andy Chu @ Stanford TEDx
How Doctors and Patients Save Each Other in a Broken Healthcare System
Dr. Andrew Chu shares how human connection and compassion saves patients and doctors.
A Harvard-trained emergency physician, Stanford professor, and award-winning filmmaker, Dr. Chu speaks openly about burnout and moral injury, and the moments of connection that kept him showing up. His story became Life Support, an award-winning short film that grew into a broader Stanford effort using storytelling, research, and education to make the human realities of healthcare visible.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A Movement to Humanize Healthcare
Life Support is a program of Stanford CCARE that uses storytelling, film, podcasts, and lived experience to illuminate the human realities of healthcare. By connecting these stories with compassion science, reflection, research, and education, Life Support helps turn what is often carried privately into greater understanding and opportunities for change.
CARE NEEDS CARE
The numbers tell the story.
WHAT WE DO
Storytelling, Research, and Outreach
TEDx Talk
Dr. Andrew Chu shares how human connection and compassion saves patients and doctors.
WATCHPodcast Series
A storytelling-focused show featuring physicians, patients, and expert guests. Each episode shares lived experiences and explores topics of well-being, policy, and solutions for creating healthier systems.
LISTENThe Life Support Film
A short narrative film that illustrates the emotional and systemic realities of healthcare work. The film serves as an educational and outreach tool across universities, conferences, and hospitals.
WATCHEducation & Workshops
A growing library of narrative-driven materials, reflection prompts, and short-form story visuals is being developed to help emergency physicians and medical students strengthen emotional awareness, process moral injury, and reconnect with the meaning behind their work.
COMING SOONResearch & Policy
Insights and engagement metrics from Life Support that explore how storytelling and educational outreach can raise awareness, connect stakeholders, and inform future efforts toward systems-level change.
COMING SOON