Posts Tagged "Work/Life Balance"
View all postsHow To Find the Best Emergency Medicine Jobs
By David Beran, DO - October 23, 2024
If you're searching for ideal emergency medicine jobs, it helps to prioritize key characteristics such as location, employment type, and patient volume. To find your perfect fit in a new physician career, do your research upfront and plan for a life, not a job.
How to Evaluate Benefits Packages
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - August 22, 2024
Having a thorough understanding of the benefits package before accepting an offer for employment is important. Here are a few tips for how to evaluate healthcare job benefits to secure a package that supports your health, career growth, and work-life balance.
5 Tips for Choosing a Physician Specialty
By Santoshi Billakota, MD - September 13, 2023
Choosing a medical specialty is a crucial step in navigating your career as an attending physician, so it's important to consider various factors to ensure a balanced lifestyle and fulfilling professional career. Here are 5 tips for choosing your medical specialty.
Avoiding Burnout as a Clinician
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - April 27, 2023
Burnout is a long-term stress that builds, emotionally depleting seasoned clinicians and making it difficult, or even impossible, for them to provide the quality of care they want to provide. Here are a few strategies for avoiding burnout for clinicians.
Healthy Habits for Physicians and Residents to Avoid Burnout
By Danielle Kelvas, MD - February 22, 2023
Over half of U.S. physicians and residents suffer from burnout. Danielle Kelvas, MD, offers tips on how to recognize and prevent burnout by prioritizing self-care, setting healthy boundaries, and staying connected with colleagues.
The Cons of Consistency in Scheduling in Medicine: Why You Might Miss Shift Work
By David Beran, DO - February 8, 2023
Shift work as a physician can be rather draining, but a consistent routine comes with its own drawbacks you might not expect. From feeling trapped on weekends to missing the diversity of your inconsistent work schedule, learn what you need to know before making the switch.
Setting Professional Goals for 2023
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - January 18, 2023
The new year is a great time to set professional goals, but it's important to plan with purpose if you intend to make any meaningful progress. By reflecting on the past year's successes and failures and setting SMART goals, you can make sure your objectives for 2023 don't go the way of most New Year's Resolutions.
Physician Work/Life Balance: Are You Cheating on Your Family With Your Job?
By Danielle Kelvas, MD - September 21, 2022
Setting a perfect work/life balance is impossible. Something has to give, and you will either be cheating your family or your job; being a doctor includes defending yourself, and standing up for your time. In this article Dr. Danielle Kelvas offers a few best-practice tips for stealing back your time.
Achieving Work/Life Synergy in Healthcare
By Jacob Bollinger, PA - September 15, 2022
Work and time away from work are all really just a part of life. Making the distinction between a work/life balance can be troublesome in that regard, but physician assistant Jacob Bollinger instead suggests we try reframing it as work/life synergy and find ways to make our work lives and home lives support one another.
Work-Life Balance as a Physician Assistant: Is it Possible?
By Jacob Bollinger, PA - February 23, 2022
Provider health is integral to patient health, so it is important that physician assistants maintain a healthy work/life balance. While everyone has their own way of finding balance, here are a few time-tested methods for managing your life and workload.