If ...then.... Rituals to make you more reflective in the moment We all have important things we want to accomplish, but there are so many distractions and stumbling blocks that may get in our way. Here, writer Bina Venkataraman shares a startlingly easy strategy to use to defeat future challenges.
Thriving in Scrubs: Making Mistakes One of the most traumatic experiences doctors go through is making mistakes. Though they try to prevent errors at all costs, they will inevitable make mistakes at some point in their training and career. How can they cope with the repercussions – for the patient as well as for themselves, legally, mentally, and emotionally? How can the medical community support one another through the process, instead of silencing the mistake, thus perpetuating shame and guilt?
Thriving in Scrubs: Mothering While Doctoring Becoming pregnant and having children is a part of life for many doctors that challenges their efforts to balance their personal and professional selves. This deeply human experience adds insight into the experiences that patients have, but adds weight to the personal demands and experiences the doctors have.
Thriving in Scrubs: How Much Time Do I Have, Doctor? Fictional accounts of medical encounters often feature the conversation when a patient asks their doctor to predict the outcome of their disease. Doctors in real life have to answer these questions, too, but without the benefit of a pre-written script. Thinking about prognostication means trying to answer difficult questions, but more importantly trying to get to the heart of what the patient may really be wondering. It’s about trying to connect with the heart of what patients need in times of uncertainty about their health. It’s also about understanding how these conversations affect us doctors as people who struggle with some of the same questions ourselves.
Thriving in Scrubs: Normal People At some point in their education, doctors start talking about “normal people” with a mixture of envy and curiosity. Why do doctors feel this distance from others, and from the parts of their own selves outside of their profession? We talk to Nicole, Sarah and Emma, three OBGYN residents at different stages of training about how they recognize, love and forgive the normal parts of themselves. Spoiler alert: it’s all about the friends who keep us from feeling alone.
Thriving in Scrubs: Doctor's Orders Why is it so hard to take our own good advice about maintaining health? We talk to Barbara, an internal medicine physician about nutrition, and consider why doctors don’t take their own advice about sleep and exercise and other good habits.
Near-Death Experience Leads Physician to Promote Empathy Dr. Rana L.A. Awdish's near-death experience due to an occult adenoma rupturing in her liver gave her a brand new perspective based on the lack of empathy she received as a patient. Her experience as a patient totally changed the way she practices, cares and treats her patients and she realized the vital importance of incorporating empathy in the medical field.
Work Life Balance - the #1 Life Balance Skill and the Power of "NO" How to create a "life" calendar along with your "work" calendar - strategies in balancing the importance of both.
How to make work-life balance work Listen to Nigel Marsh educate about the impeding importance of work-life balance, and how to actually make it happen.
Time in the bank: A Stanford plan to save doctors from burnout In order to decrease physician burnout, Stanford hospital's "time banking" program helps physicians achieve better life-balance by rewarding certain behaviors (mentoring, shift covering, etc.) for credit to buy certain home/life services (home-cooked meals, cleaning, etc.).
Work-Life "Balance" Isn't the Point This article emphasizes work-life "effectiveness" over work-life "balance," pointing out that finding a compatible relationship between the two is the optimal solution versus practicing separation and division.
Time Management: How to Write a To-Do List & Know Where Your Time Goes This TED Ed offers time-management advice and interactive, personalized organisation strategies to help you more effectively organize your tasks, goals and projects.
6 Incredible TED Talks About Time Management Find inspiration from TED Talks? Read six short summaries on time management-focused TED talks to find multiple tips on how to most effectively organize your lifestyle.
How to make work-life balance work Speaker Nigel Marsh advises the importance of finding the best way to balance life, family, work, and personal time.
How to improve your time management skills Effective time management is challenging enough, but even more so in the medical world. Read these five strategies to help you more effectively manage your time as a physician.
Near-Death Experience Leads Physician to Promote Empathy Dr. Rana L.A. Awdish's near-death experience due to an occult adenoma rupturing in her liver gave her a brand new perspective based on the lack of empathy she received as a patient. Her experience as a patient totally changed the way she practices, cares and treats her patients and she realized the vital importance of incorporating empathy in the medical field.
Work Life Balance - the #1 Life Balance Skill and the Power of "NO" How to create a "life" calendar along with your "work" calendar - strategies in balancing the importance of both.
How to make work-life balance work Listen to Nigel Marsh educate about the impeding importance of work-life balance, and how to actually make it happen.
Time in the bank: A Stanford plan to save doctors from burnout In order to decrease physician burnout, Stanford hospital's "time banking" program helps physicians achieve better life-balance by rewarding certain behaviors (mentoring, shift covering, etc.) for credit to buy certain home/life services (home-cooked meals, cleaning, etc.).
Work-Life "Balance" Isn't the Point This article emphasizes work-life "effectiveness" over work-life "balance," pointing out that finding a compatible relationship between the two is the optimal solution versus practicing separation and division.
Time Management: How to Write a To-Do List & Know Where Your Time Goes This TED Ed offers time-management advice and interactive, personalized organisation strategies to help you more effectively organize your tasks, goals and projects.
6 Incredible TED Talks About Time Management Find inspiration from TED Talks? Read six short summaries on time management-focused TED talks to find multiple tips on how to most effectively organize your lifestyle.
How to improve your time management skills Effective time management is challenging enough, but even more so in the medical world. Read these five strategies to help you more effectively manage your time as a physician.