MedEdWell Sleep deprivation is detrimental to physical health, mental health, and learning, but it’s harder to notice. It can affect your creativity and thinking skills. The best way to know if you are not getting enough sleep is to look at a time when you should have peak awareness. If you feel like you are tired, … Read more
Physicians are the first ones who care for other people’s health. However, they have difficulty taking care of themselves and their wellness. The medical profession is under immense pressure to perform more and more while sustaining the same level of quality, which can create a desire to place work above all as they care for … Read more
Although medical experts want to provide the best advice possible, sometimes it can be difficult for patients to decode complicated medical content. You need an expert who will cut through the weeds and focus on bringing you up-to-date information that is clinically accurate so that you can feel confident in making decisions for your child. … Read more
Most of us see burnout as a physical, emotional, and mental state that occurs when we feel depleted or overwhelmed, but it actually affects our brain. It has been shown that when we have chronic burnout, our hippocampus gets thinner, and the prefrontal cortex is affected, making it more difficult for us to focus, make … Read more
There is no one perfect answer to what makes a great medical practice. Many different factors come into play when creating the ideal practice for yourself and your patients, but self-care is one of the key buzzwords that cannot be left out of the equation. Selfcare is not just about eating well and taking rest. … Read more
As a physician, managing your finances can be surprisingly easy to do, but more often, finances tend to fall into the ‘important but not urgent category. For most of us, this means it’s something we don’t want to stress over too much, which makes it easy for us to put our heads in the sand … Read more
Quality improvement projects and process improvement initiatives are helpful in moving things forward in your clinical practice. Individually, it is about seeing where you are, implementing change, observing, adjusting, and trying again. There is always room for improvement, but it all comes down to having a growth mindset, being intentional, reflecting, and choosing what to … Read more
Batching is not just for cooking; you can also use it intentionally in medicine to improve your efficiency! Your wellness matters and you have to look at what you desire to accomplish and your priorities to achieve your goals. Whether you want to be home sooner, get organized, or take less work home, you can … Read more
Doing it all by yourself is holding yourself back from being efficient. To enhance your efficiency in your workflow, you need to think about what you can delegate, how to delegate, and why you want to delegate a task. Delegation is important, but also it calls for effective closed-loop communication with your team along with … Read more
Closed-loop communication matters in patient care, reducing errors and helping teamwork with communication and workflow, particularly in situations where there is increased variability. It ensures that the message is properly received by exposing deficiencies that we may have in describing what we heard, which can reflect distraction, confusing terms, or different literacy levels. Using closed-loop … Read more
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