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I'll Get That Checked Out Soon In busy professional lives, and in an area where burnout is a hot-button item, our lack of self-care can lead to health care practitioners not really practicing what they preach. The consequences can be fatal.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoSeptember 10, 2019Topics: Burnout / Mindfulness / PerspectiveKeywords: burnout / perspective / self-care

Confront harm and prevent medical casualties (~10min) - LtGen Horoho Patricia Horoho, retired Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army and the first woman and first nurse to serve as the Army’s Surgeon General, reveals how healthcare can cause harm by sins of commission and omission.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 1, 2018Topics: Distraction/Mindfulness / Guilt & Shame / Mindfulness / Mistakes / Perspective / VulnerabilityKeywords: mistakes

The happy secret to better work? (10min) What if we led go of medical-student-itis and indulged in everything that was great about this life...how would our perspective, work, attitude and productivity look? A reflection on this idea.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoSeptember 9, 2018Topics: Background info / Distraction/Mindfulness / MindfulnessKeywords: happiness / positivity

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Is it time for different questions? a report on what REALLY matters about caring for patients.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoMay 7, 2018Topics: Background info / Communication / Compassion Fatigue / Mindfulness / Personality / Provider-Patient Relationship

The first time I hated a patient a raw reflection on internal and external conflict in medicine

Contributor: Francesca CiminoApril 2, 2018Topics: Burnout / Communication / Compassion Fatigue / Guilt & Shame / Mindfulness / Provider-Patient Relationship / ReactionKeywords: bias / conflict / reflection

Strong backs, soft fronts, wild hearts You can listen or read the transcript of the podcast -- discussion of belonging, race, the shields we put up that interfere with our conversation and how to overcome.