by toddskertich | May 16, 2022 | Job Selection, Job Timeline, Job Transition, Physician Compensation, Professional Development, Type of Practice, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance
Understanding The Business of Medicine- How to pursue excellence in the medical field Your success in the medical field is not solely contingent upon your clinical dexterity but often results from the mastery of various aspects of the industry. What separates a great...
by Iris Grimm | Nov 9, 2015 | Work Life Balance
Are younger doctors (particularly age 40 and under) different in what they expect in terms of work-life balance? Younger doctors definitely have different expectations in terms of work life balance but I believe this is not a “doctor mindset” but rather a “generation...
by Pamela Wible, MD | Oct 16, 2015 | Personal Health & Wellness, Work Life Balance
Physician burnout is the latest trend among doctors. There are books, workshops, even special breathing exercises for physician burnout. Suddenly every other doctor I meet has burnout. And half of all med students have burnout before they graduate. WTF. We enter...
by Iris Grimm | Aug 15, 2013 | Work Life Balance
When I started the balanced physician program in 2004, I did it with the goal in mind to help physicians have more work life balance. At that time I offered the program to the market place but it wasn’t ready for it except the physicians who felt burned out and had...
by Iris Grimm | Feb 12, 2013 | Personal Health & Wellness, Work Life Balance
Yesterday was one of those days when I had a lot of plans for the evening. While planning my day in the morning, I decided that after work I would wash clothes, vacuum the house, and get our guest bedroom ready before our friends arrive tomorrow. I estimated that the...
by Iris Grimm | Jan 29, 2013 | Work Life Balance
If you had to write a prescription for balance for your patients, what would you include? Greater effectiveness at work? More time to play? Better relationships with others, as well as his/her self? Or all of the above? Like other prescriptions, a prescription for...