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Lessons I’ve learned from Cancer I’m starting a series talking about burnout recovery lessons that I’ve learned from cancer. We’ve had some significant cancer things going on in my family, and as far as you know, clearly no one would ever wish cancer on anyone but you know it’s part of life, I…
Read MoreElectronic medical record HACKS to help reduce your burnout! Since 80% of physicians say they are using EMR and a 100% of those physicians claim it is a signaficant form of their burnout! SO what can you start doing? 1.) Learn as much as you can about short cuts. 2.) Use proximity cards for…
Read MoreTips From The OR: Communication! Quick question: On a scale of 1-10 how well do you feel you communicate?? Did you know 50-70% of the dialogue we have is with ourselves? Did you know we have 30-50,000 thoughts per day? If that is a very positive dialogue, the internal communication you are having is very…
Read MoreTips From The OR: Sleep! Clearly we want to have excellent sleep, consistently, for many reasons but especially when it comes to the operating room. Although we strive for it, we know sometimes that achieving it is not always the case. If you are in the medical world, I am sure you can relate to…
Read MoreTIPS FROM THE OR – PREPARATION I’m continuing on this topic because after 30 years in the OR, I feel like I have learned many lessons during my time in the operating room. Of course all aspects of medicine will provide learning in different aspects, but when it comes to the operating room, I feel…
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