Articles, Tips & Tools
Part of Acknowledging Burnout is Acknowledging Grief – Then Healing can Happen
Imagine those past moments in your life when you were at your best self. For example, imagine you just recently experienced a success (personally or professionally) or were striving toward a success, or you were with one of your closest friends or family members or...
To be More Effective Now, Notice Everything Takes Longer
Dr. Banda has been an infectious disease physician for over twenty years. He’s risen through the ranks as an effective, energetic, thoughtful, well-respected leader. He leads a team at a large academic medical center in the US South. Before the pandemic, he had...
Managing Through Uncertainty
Dr. Espinoza is a forty year-old hospitalist at a well-known hospital on the West Coast. She has a two-year old daughter, Selena, and her husband works in the financial services sector.Before the corona virus, she was the team lead. Her colleagues appreciated her...
Resiliency Protocols – What’s yours and when do you need it?
The rates of depression and suicide among physicians in the United States today are still way too high. For this reason, we’re hearing a lot about physician burnout, wellness and resilience.The good news is that there ARE many examples of solutions that have helped...
Imagine all your physician team’s development and leadership needs were met. What could you achieve?
Imagine you were able to provide on-demand, immediately applicable, high-impact support perfectly targeted to each one of your individual physician colleague’s developmental needs.Then imagine that this just-in-time knowledge helped them maximize their performance not...
The Keys to your 2020 Vision for Self
A Director of Emergency Medicine was getting overwhelmed by the enormity of his own role recently, so I asked him when he thought he was most effective. He responded, "When I'm able to take some time out – quiet, reflective processing time, I operate at a whole new...
Cardiologist’s Tachycardia Increases Her Leadership Capacity
Dr. Amato is a respected cardiologist at a successful medical center in New England. She’s experienced a lot in the 30+ years of her career. Recruiters call to lure her to the next, possibly last, big adventure of her illustrious career, but she stays put. Her...
An Ounce of Lawsuit Prevention for Hospitalists
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”― Sir William OslerDr. Roberta lights up a room when she walks in.She immediately puts her patients at ease with a warm smile, kind caring eyes and often, a gentle...
Grief Episodes, Sustaining Empathy and Physician Wellness
“Jim, you know our terrific ER Director, Alex, right? The one everyone loves – nurses, doctors, patients, families…, he urgently needs help. I don’t know if it’s depression or burnout or something else, but he has this very visible, chronic heaviness these days...and...
Be Gentle, But Straightforward, when Dealing with Drug-Seeking Patients
This week’s Patient Satisfaction Tips come from Dr. Brown, Hospitalist. She addresses: Relieving the Anxiety of the Patient (AND the FAMILY) Connect with the Patient Emotionally first; clinically second. Pain Management: Crucial...