7 Charting Hacks: Set Yourself Up to Chart Smarter for the Next Visit
For doctors, charting has become a frustrating part of our job. We would like to minimize the impact it has on our day and our interactions with patients. We do not want our notes described as TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read)! Wouldn’t it be nice to “chart smarter” by doing something now, to not have […]
4 Tips for Making a Medical Career Pivot
Feeling stuck? Have you hit the ceiling in your current healthcare job for opportunities to grow? Feeling like there is more out there to do? Perhaps it is time for you to shift and consider a career pivot. I’ve often heard from my healthcare colleagues that after 5 years of doing the same job, they […]
3 Secrets to Protect Your Time as an Early Career Physician
I see you, Dr. Early Career! You worked long and hard to get here. You are an attending physician! Is this what you envisioned it would be like? You want the life you pictured it to be, you want it all! To get to that place, there are 3 key secrets to protect your time. […]
Preventing Burnout as a Pediatrician
As a Pediatrician, are you starting to feel overwhelmed by all of the uncertainty in medicine today? In the midst of the pandemic, physicians of all specialties have felt an increasingly heavy burden. As Pediatricians, we were somewhat “saved” from the perils of the pandemic in our patient population since children had lower rates of […]
Protecting Your Priorities And Living An Intentional Life
Congratulations! You have cleared the extraneous items from your day-to-day, so you can spend your precious time the way you want! The next step is maintaining your clutter-free task list. How do you keep the clutter out of the to-do list? First, set boundaries. You get to determine boundaries that support you to maintain your […]
Finding Harmony in #WomeninMedicine Month
September is Women in Medicine Month, and I have loved seeing all the promotions. I have created some myself and shared them. Many women’s physician wellness conferences are set in September to honor and amplify this. It is a time for celebration and for awareness of the benefits and challenges of being #WomeninMedicine. PROS: The […]
Physician Burnout Reexamined Part 2
In the last part of this essay, we learned that the evolution of medicine into a modern corporate beast has contributed to physician burnout. We learned that female physicians, physicians working for healthcare organizations, and physicians working more than fifty-one hours per week suffered from higher rates of burnout. We reviewed the limited data on […]
Narrowing Down the To-Do-List
If you caught my article on overcoming overwhelm you know how to determine your priorities. You have done a brain dump and taken inventory. You have put it all out there on paper and then determined what is essential. You are now ready to “Marie Kondo” your mind and calendar like you would your possessions […]
Thinking Outside The “Box” of Medicine
Although the field of medicine is one of the most rewarding out there, it can lead to burnout and lack of satisfaction for many physicians. We are all familiar with the endless cycle of patient visits, phone calls, and paperwork. Add to that the issues with insurance companies, authorizations, and fighting on behalf of your […]
Priorities 2.0: Preventing a Burnout Relapse
This sequel starts as a cautionary tale – like a horror movie. You can see it coming but the main character is oblivious to it until it is too late. You yell at the screen warning her, but she cannot hear you! Let me paint the scene in the first movie that led up to […]
