Prevent Physician Burnout & Medscape 2015 Study

Medscape published their 2015 Physician Lifestyle Report. If you haven’t seen it yet, here are the numbers: 46% of physicians reported that they are feeling burned out. Burnout is defined as loss of enthusiasm for work, feelings of cynicism, and a low sense of...
How to say “no” without feeling guilty

How to say “no” without feeling guilty

Your schedule is already full. Your kids complain that you don’t spend enough time. You are sleep deprived, and you feel like life is out of control. Rings a bell? Additionally, a hospital administrator asks you whether you’d be willing to write an article for the...
Five Tips To Maintain A Healthy Attitude

Five Tips To Maintain A Healthy Attitude

As a physician, your attitude influences all segments of your professional world:  your staff’s fellowship, collaboration and performance; the follow-through of your patients; and the amount of your goals that will be accomplished.  It also influences personal...
Self Care At Practice

Self Care At Practice

Recently I had a conversation with a primary care physician who started her private practice a couple of years ago. She was telling me about the long nights in the office, the worries about financial responsibilities, and the challenges she experienced with a couple...
Running Out Of Energy Instead Of Time

Running Out Of Energy Instead Of Time

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...
Four Quick Tips To Strengthen Your Marriage

Four Quick Tips To Strengthen Your Marriage

Surgeons married to physicians face more challenges in balancing their personal and professional lives than do surgeons whose partners work in a non-physician field or stay at home, according to research findings published in the November 2011 issue of the Journal of...