University of Wisconsin–Madison
Amy B  Zelenski

Amy B Zelenski

PhD

General Internal Medicine, Associate Professor (CHS), Director of Education Innovation and Scholarship

she/her/hers

zelenski@medicine.wisc.edu

(608) 263-7358

Amy B  Zelenski

Biography

My work focuses on teaching healthcare professionals how to engage in empathic behaviors with their patients, learners, and interprofessional colleagues; and how building skill in empathic behavior can increase the quality of teaching and patient care while decreasing burnout and personal distress. I have found the humanities to be the most powerful tools for teaching these concepts and grappling with them in the clinical environment.