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Incorporate physician well-being into your job search criteria
Maybe you think it’s too early to consider the next stage in your career. Medical school graduation is just months away. Newly graduated doctors will be making their way to their first rotations in July. Senior residents and senior fellows are thinkin…
The right support system makes all the difference for physicians
In the neonatal ICU, a baby dies from necrotizing enterocolitis or NEC. It’s not the first, nor the last time I’ll experience death during my medical career. Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, surgeons, and the rest of the team spent the days pr…
What can a doctor do to build confidence?
The journey in medicine is a journey of goal setting. Doctors set goals all the time. We set the goal to become a doctor then strive to achieve it. Once we decide the chosen specialty, we set the goal for the residency training program we hope to matc…
Learn to forge ahead with feedback in medicine
A successful career in medicine means learning how to forge ahead with feedback and not allow it to stop you in your tracks. For some doctors, this is a challenge. Feedback feels bad. It’s perceived as negative, not being good enough. We’re exposed …
Why doctors need life skills
Medical school prepares doctors for patient care: perform a history and physical, and based on the findings, consider the next diagnostic tests to order, review all data, and develop a treatment plan. By graduation from medical school, you are skilled …
Why physicians should have courageous conversations
Many doctors make the decision to pursue a career in medicine in their youth. They have an experience that points them in this direction. And once the decision is followed by a firm commitment, we seldom change the course. Medicine here I come! At t…
3 lessons physicians can learn from adversity
This time last year, I took the podium at conferences as far away as Dubai to deliver my keynote speech entitled, “On The Cusp Of Life And Death, Choose Life.” My talk highlighted the professional and personal development opportunities that…
What physicians should do when life gets in the way
There are times in our journey as doctors when life gets in the way. Well, life got in the way, and I had to go back to the basics and deepen my understanding and connection to my self and my source to easily navigate the curves and the bumps in the r…
10 telltale signs that you’re ready for a mindset shift
Physician wellness and work-life balance are hot topics in today’s medical arena. It is on the minds of medical students, residents, and physicians in practice. While the concepts and methods to achieve it are enticing, the question remains how d…
3 lessons learned from the deep end of the pool
Over the past few summers, I’ve been noticing that when it came to swimming in the deep end of the pool, I was fearful. Gone was the fearlessness of my youth, when I’d venture out, take risks and somehow just know I’d make it back to the shallow end wh…
