Physician Wellness – Why It’s Such a Struggle

Posted by Dike Drummond MD


Physician Wellness – Let’s abandon the struggle and just let doctors do what they do best.

In response to the chronic epidemic of physician burnout, there is a lot of talk about Physician Wellness these days. Hospitals and groups are being encouraged to establish a physician wellness committee and do something, anything, for the doctors. These efforts almost always fail because of a blind spot buried in the fabric of our medical education system.

In this article, let me show you

  • Why these committees often sputter and die a quick, silent death
  • Why the concept of Physician Wellness is always such a frustrating struggle
  • Where to focus our energy instead to create the most good for the most doctors

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Physician Burnout Symptoms and Gender Differences [Video]

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Physician Burnout Prevention Video Training #1

Physician Burnout vs. Normal Stress
=> How can you tell the difference between the “normal stress” of being a doctor and when you are experiencing Physician Burnout?

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Physician Burnout – 2012's Top 3 Prevention Tools

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Physician Burnout Prevention tools that work in the real world

The votes are in.

Tags: physician burnout prevention, physician burnout treatment, physician burnout video, Physician Coaching, physician burnout tools

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Physician Leadership, Patient Flow and Team Huddle POWER Training

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Physician Leadership POWER UP for your BID Team Huddle

- De-stress your day
- Get your work done more easily
… and get your Team to take on more of the work load happily …
with this POWER TRAINING for your BID Team Huddle

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Work Life Balance for Doctors – Day Hike to Hidden Lake Lookout

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Work Life Balance for Doctors – day hike to Hidden Lake Lookout

Tags: physician burnout prevention, Physician Burnout, Work Life Balance, Physician Coaching, physician stress, Physician Leadership

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Work Life Balance for Doctors – building your "OFF" switch

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

One of the reasons work life balance is so difficult for physicians is the missing “OFF” switch on our doctor programming.

You are trained so thoroughly over such a long time how to be “ON” as a doctor that your physician programming dominates your entire life — running continuously both at work and at home. Work life balance can begin only when you are able to shut that doctor programming OFF – something we were never taught how to do in medical school or residency.

Tags: physician burnout prevention, Physician Burnout, Work Life Balance, Physician Coaching

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Work Life Balance for Doctors – Whistler Mountain Hike

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Work Life Balance for Physicians
- take a Whistler Mountain Day Hike with Me

Tags: physician burnout prevention, Physician Burnout, Work Life Balance, Physician Coaching

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Physician Burnout – 3 Signs and 3 Simple Prevention Steps

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Physician Burnout – 3 Signs and 3 Simple Prevention Steps

With all the passionate headlines and blog posts written on the health care reform debate/Obamacare, and advances in digital medicine – it is easy to overlook the fact that most healthcare is actually delivered person to person, knee to knee, from doctor to patient behind a closed exam room door.

Tags: physician burnout prevention, Physician Burnout, physician burnout symptoms

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Physician Burnout – Abraham Maslow would say it is a Calling

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Physician Burnout – Abraham Maslow would say it’s a Calling

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Physician Burnout – the Three Symptoms, Three Phases and Three Cures

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Physician Burnout: Are YOU in the Danger Zone and What You Can DO about it.

In this article let me show you three key concepts:

  • A way to understand the difference between stress and burnout
  • A method to see if you are at risk for - or suffering from - physician burnout
  • Three distinct methods to reverse and prevent physician burnout.

In my work with physician burnout and stress … I have come to the conclusion that our current Healthcare “System” (I use that term VERY loosely) is TOXIC to the Workers. There are exceptions to this trend … an occasional group or practice that believes in and supports physician wellness … and these are the classic “exception that prove the rule”.


Physician's Top 3 Work-Life Balance Shortcuts
FREE Online Video Training >> Lessons from our 40,000 doctor experience
5 CME Credits - Short Online Video Lessons
Tools for Daily, Weekly and Monthly Balance

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