WHAT CAUSES BURNOUT?
WHAT CAUSES BURNOUT? Often overlooked, the mental conditioning from our “mini-medical school” training as PAs acts as a primer for future burnout. Especially during our clinical rotations, we…
WHAT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF BURNOUT?
WHAT FACTORS INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF BURNOUT? According to this article by Essary, et. al: “…small studies suggest that rates of burnout among PAs may be similar to rates among physicians,…
CME: Stretch those 💵 further!
If you want to maximize your CME money, make sure to look for promo or coupon codes to decrease the costs of your spending. For example, Travel Medical Seminars routinely…
CME Money AND PRIZES
With certain CME purchases, you may be able to increase the relative value of the CME money 3x. What I mean is that you can find CME to…
CME: ✈️ TRAVEL HACKS
At the time of this writing, we are currently still in the throws of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s challenging to think about CME travel hacks at this point…
CME: Get the credits for FREE
I’m here to tell you that all CME credits are not created equal, especially as it relates to the cost. It seems that we associate CME with having…
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF BURNOUT?
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF BURNOUT? Knowing the concept and definition of burnout is one thing, but it is more important to understand and recognize the common symptoms. …
🎖ABOVE AND BEYOND🎖
For those of you that are just starting out in your careers, or will be graduating in 2021 and getting into practice, or even for those in practice…
3 BURNOUT STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT TODAY
Perhaps with a few months of practicing medicine in this “pandemic-era” under your belt, you are feeling like you are taking on water and sinking fast, aka BURNOUT? Or,…
TREADING WATER
“AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT” VERSION: Working in medicine, pre-pandemic, felt like TREADING WATER: Dynamic, exhausting and with dire consequences of not being able to keep up with…
PANDEMIC-FRIED SOUL: My (latest) Burnout Story
“WTF??!!” — This was how my pandemic burnout was manifesting. It seemed like every new email, organization-wide protocol change, “red zone” area, COVID-19 related symptom, or essentially anything…
Giving (And Receiving) Thanks
As the worldwide pandemic rages on, Americans have arrived at one of our favorite holidays: Thanksgiving. For some, it is about food and football, but for others, it…