by Elizabeth | Aug 31, 2016 | Break the Status Quo, For Doctors and Physicians, New Frontier of Health
Your Mission Matters A few years ago, when I was skiing with my brother on a little-used ski run, we came across a skier who’d just fallen. Without a second thought, I stopped and offered to help. There wasn’t much I could do while perched on the side of a...
by Elizabeth | Jul 26, 2016 | For Doctors and Physicians
What Doctors Miss When They Focus on What They Know Two months ago, a dear friend tore his vastus lateralis, and both avulsed and tore his patellar tendon. In other words: his left knee was pretty messed up. My friend was told that if he didn’t have surgery, he...
by Elizabeth | Apr 7, 2016 | Fatigue, Health at Work, Stress
Are You a Physician Who Thinks You’re a Slave? When I connected with a colleague last week on LinkedIn, I couldn’t help but notice his job title. My colleague is a respected physician at a world renowned academic medical center whose CV contains a list of...
by Elizabeth | Sep 14, 2015 | Life is Good
Awe Diary I have read the suggestion that we should keep a gratitude diary as a way to increase our happiness and keep a positive state of mind. I think it is a good idea, but an incomplete one. At one point in my life, my gratitude diary (if I had kept one) would...
by Elizabeth | Sep 13, 2015 | Fatigue, Health at Work, Stress
Are You a Statistic? Do You Know One? It is no secret that rate of burn out among physicians hovers near 50% and is rising year over year. Think about that statistic for a moment. Burn out isn’t just “all in your head”. It affects clinical...
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