Today was my first Match Day as a program director and, while most of my emotions are unprocessed, I already have many thoughts. I can’t forget the concurrent drop in my stomach, pause in my cardiac systole, and the involuntary intake of breath w…
Category: primary care
Navigating the path from physician burnout to career balance [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internal medicine physician Kara Pepper discusses her article, “From burnout to balance: 5 stages of career transformation.” Drawing from her own journey away …
Stop absorbing the chaos: How doctors can reclaim their well-being
Are you absorbing the system’s dysfunction? Do you find yourself absorbing the collective frustration of health care dysfunction? Taking on the role of savior? Overextending to compensate for broken processes? Feeling personally responsible for g…
Survival strategies for marginalized physicians [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Family physician Atharva Joshi discusses his article, “How the system hunts physicians who refuse to kneel.” He argues that the health care system often target…
Avoiding leadership pitfalls: strategies for success in health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Management consultant and author Roger A. Gerard discusses his article, “10 ways health care leaders sabotage their own success—and how to stop.” He identifies…
The geriatrician who prescribes matzah and meaning in Miami Beach
“Take two and call me in the morning,” I say as I hand two handmade matzahs to my longtime patients, Isaac and Joelle Zimbalist. They laugh, understanding the deeper message. For me, being a doctor isn’t just about treating symptoms —…
You have nothing to prove: a bold message for every overwhelmed doctor
She hadn’t realized how long she’d been running—until the moment she couldn’t. The day had unfolded like any other. The pager buzzed. The notes piled up. Her voice moved on autopilot, delivering information, comfort, instructions. Ben…
Focusing on medicine’s core, not administrative chores [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Physician executive Grace E. Terrell discusses her article, “Physicians must innovate and focus on medicine’s core, not chores.” She introduces the conce…
Burnout isn’t ironclad—and neither are we
Ah, burnout! That word is used so often in medicine that it now has its own ICD-10 code. Medical professionals are no strangers to pushing beyond exhaustion, running on fumes, and convincing ourselves that a steady IV drip of caffeine and sheer willpow…
Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work
An excerpt from From Error to Ethics: Five Essential Lessons from Teaching Clinicians in Trouble. Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work About 70 percent of the clinicians who attended the course had been accused of dishonest conduct…
