Health research

Curious again

February 10, 2013

I’m now on a 3-month stretch of outpatient block with more manageable hours and fewer night shifts. After sleep and exercise I now feel my curiosity coming back, something that can quickly evaporate when my most basic needs are not tended to. One of my co-residents inspired my rediscovery of Evernote as a note-taking tool. [...]

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Designing healthy doctors

December 18, 2012

Love it.   “We walked away from our immersive experiences with a surprising discovery—Maslow’s pyramid of needs was oddly inverted for these residents. While most had a profound sense of meaning in their lives, it was their bottom-of-the-pyramid needs—healthy food, staying hydrated, having time to do little life errands—that went unaddressed.   But here was [...]

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Remoralization

November 19, 2012

Moving from a busy OB month to an even busier ICU rotation followed by 2 weeks of night shifts, this weekend was full of burnout prophylaxis — exercise, sleep, baths, phone calls, haircut, watching Lincoln viewing (terrific!), decluttering, and lots of nonmedical reading. There have been several articles lately on physician demoralization and burnout, including [...]

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