Friend of Roadmap, Tom Glenn, MD, Shares a Patient and Provider Perspective on Emotional Health Resiliency in Chronic Care
Tom Glenn, MD, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and is now a Single Ventricle and Advanced Cardiology Fellow at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Dr. Glenn was nominated by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) to present the Stockman Lecture at the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition. More recently, Dr. Glenn shared his wisdom with participants of Roadmap College, which completed in October.
"To me, resiliency is the ability to bend, but not break; to go through the ups and downs that living with a chronic illness often entails," Dr. Glenn said. With resiliency, he identifies a second ingredient to foster emotional health in chronic care patients—support. "In truth, being strong and resilient means, you ask for and get assistance when you need it to help you recover. Emotional health services need to be rooted into the care plan for any patient with a chronic illness."
No matter how resilient one may have to be, Dr. Glenn reminds providers and families that no one can go through life with chronic illness alone. The Roadmap Project shares a number of resources for providers, patients and families, program directors, and trainees on its website. Click here to explore more.
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