by Dan Fries | Jan 26, 2016 | Personal Health & Wellness, Professional Development
I’ve always marveled at the focus, concentration and unflappability of experienced surgeons. The amount of calm they exude even outside surgery is remarkable. Having watched them from the sidelines for close to 5 years, their sense of composure is something that I...
by Dike Drummond, MD | Dec 15, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness
Why does having a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment as a modern doctor seem like such a struggle at times? There is an invisible battle going on, day-by-day between our search for a Fulfilling Career in Medicine and the hidden forces of Professional Burnout. What...
by Iris Grimm | Nov 9, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness, Professional Development
Are you feeling frustrated or annoyed more frequently? Feeling frustration or annoyance frequently can be a major energy drainer in your life. It sucks everything out of you and many times it is hard to recover from this setback. Here is a neuroscientific trick that...
by Pamela Wible, MD | Nov 9, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness
Burnout is a complete mental and physical collapse from overwork. Psychiatrists define it as “a job-related dysphoria in an individual without major psychopathy.” Which means—your job sucks. You’re normal. When your job is sucking the life out of you, deep breathing...
by Pamela Wible, MD | Nov 9, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness
This is an email subject line from a doctor. Letter published with permission. Hello Pamela I have become so disillusioned with medicine. I do not know who to talk to any more or what to do with my life. I work one week a month in the ICU. I spend the other three...
by Pamela Wible, MD | Nov 5, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness
It was a physician employee, many times for many hospitals and clinics. I’d stay a year or two, but eventually I’d quit. Then, in 2005, I opened an ideal clinic designed by my patients. Ten years later, I still love private practice. Why? I’m finally practicing...
