Podcasts about physician health

What are the best conferences on physician health? What is joy in medicine? Why are doctors burning out? What do doctors waste the most time on? Why doctors retire? Our guest is Christine Sinsky, MD, vice president of professional satisfaction at the American Medical Association. In this episode, Dr. Sinsky reflects on her career at the AMA prior to her retirement and the lasting impact of her work to improve physician well-being. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Ever thrown away fast food wrappers before getting home so no one would see them? You're not alone. In this episode, I dive into why so many physicians eat in secret and what it REALLY means (spoiler: it's not about willpower or the food itself). I share my own journey with drive-thru French fries and the shame that made me hide the evidence, plus the breakthrough realization that changed everything. This isn't about "a food problem" - it's about unmet needs your brain is trying to fulfill. Perfect for any physician who's ever felt out of control with food, hidden wrappers, or eaten in their car to avoid judgment. You'll walk away with practical steps to break free from secret eating and the shame that drives it. Listen today!  

Do older adults get lonely? How often do doctors feel lonely? What does long-term isolation do to a person? How often do adults feel lonely? How can loneliness be addressed? What does loneliness look like in older adults? Our guest is Ved V. Gossain, MD, the immediate past chair of the AMA Senior Physician Section, joins to discuss the epidemic of loneliness, how loneliness effects health, and addressing physicians loneliness. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Why are physician wellness programs important? What are Physician Health Services? What is a physician health program? Why is physician well being important? Our guest is Chris Bundy, MD, MPH, chief medical officer for the Federation of State Physician Health Programs, and the executive medical director of the Washington Physicians Health Program. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Want to train your brain for more happiness in just 3 minutes a day? In this game-changing conversation with Dr. Greg Hammer, Stanford professor and author of "GAIN Without Pain," we explore practical ways to boost physician joy without adding more to your damn plate.   Dr. Hammer shares his brilliantly simple GAIN method - a 3-minute morning practice that can literally rewire your brain for more positivity and presence throughout your busy clinical day. No more feeling like happiness requires massive life changes or hours of meditation!   You'll learn specific techniques to find moments of peace between patients, reduce stress-eating triggers, and bring more joy to medicine. This episode offers realistic happiness tools that actually work for busy physicians - even when you're running on coffee and determination. Perfect for any doctor who wants to feel better while doing the work they love.   Learn more about Dr. Hammer Website: https://greghammermd.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/greghammermd Facebook: https://facebook.com/greghammermd

Feeling like each news alert sends you straight to the pantry? You're not alone. In this episode, I offer a heartfelt pep talk for physicians struggling with stress eating during challenging times. I share why your brain turns to chocolate when doom-scrolling about threatened rights and freedoms (and why that 10pm cookie binge makes perfect neurological sense). More importantly, I explain why adding self-criticism about your eating only makes things worse. You'll learn practical ways to be kinder to yourself, focus on what you can control, and find better ways to process those big feelings without shame or guilt. If you've noticed your eating habits changing as the world feels increasingly chaotic, this episode is your permission slip to treat yourself with the same compassion you show your patients.  

Tired of diets that don't work and leave you feeling defeated? In this episode, I share a total mindset flip that changed everything for me and hundreds of physicians I've coached. Instead of trying to fit into someone else's "fixed menu" diet plan, I show you how to shift your focus to putting you at the centre of your plan.  Selecting and adapting tools so they meet you exactly where you are right now (and work way better for you). You'll discover why you're already amazing (not broken!), how to design an approach tailored to YOUR preferences and schedule, and why this personalized approach leads to better results with way less struggle. Perfect for physicians who think, "I know what to do but can't make myself do it consistently." It's time to put yourself at the center of your weight loss journey!  

Dr. Kristine Goins was burned out, overwhelmed, and literally having chest pains at work. Her body was sending emergency signals—but like so many physicians, she ignored them. Until one day, she didn't. In this episode, we dive into Kristine's incredible journey from stress-induced physical symptoms to designing a career as a digital nomad psychiatrist. She didn't quit medicine—she reinvented how she practices it. If you've ever told yourself you'll figure things out “someday,” this conversation is for you. Listen now and discover how small changes can create the freedom and fulfillment you deserve.

Ever thought “Maybe I just won't ever be able to lose weight..”? Then this episode is for you. I'm tackling that deep fear many of us have: what if your body will never respond to weight loss efforts? Learn what to do when it feels like your body's not responding.. This isn't about plateaus where you've seen some success and it stalls - it's about that gut-level fear that maybe it's never gonna work. Most physicians who come to me share this belief: "I don't know if I'll ever be able to lose weight." I dive into why weight is far more complex than our medical training taught us, why consistency trumps perfection, why the you shouldn't just depend on the scale to measure progress Whether you need to tweak your approach or try new tools altogether, this episode offers practical steps forward when weight loss feels impossible.  

Can't stop eating when you are full? This episode is for you. In this episode, you'll learn: The seven hidden reasons why we as physicians tend to eat past full (and none of them have to do with willpower!) Why our medical training might actually be working against us when it comes to eating Practical strategies that work with our unpredictable schedules How to rebuild your relationship with food without feeling restricted Simple ways to reconnect with your body's signals (even during busy clinic days) If you're tired of feeling uncomfortable after meals or worried about when you'll eat next during long shifts, this episode is for you.  Let's explore how to make peace with food in a way that actually works for your life as a physician. Hit the play button and start listening now.  

Ever feel like you're making progress with your eating and weight goals, only to hit a roadblock that throws everything off? You're not alone. Obstacles like stress, chaotic schedules, and exhaustion are normal, especially for busy physicians. But without the right skills to handle them, it's easy to feel stuck and defeated. In this episode of Thriving as a Physician, I share 4 simple steps to overcome obstacles without spiraling into guilt or panic. You'll learn how to stop thinking setbacks mean failure, why obstacles are part of the process, and how to troubleshoot challenges to keep moving forward. This is the missing skill diet culture never taught you. Let's change that. Listen now and take back control of your progress!  

I found some game-changing research while renewing my obesity medicine certification, and I'm sharing the best pearls with you! In this episode, I cover: How low-carb eating can stabilize blood sugar and prevent hangry crashes. Why sticking to a regular exercise schedule helps maintain weight loss. How more sleep can naturally reduce cravings and calorie intake. The latest on anti-obesity medications like semaglutide. Plus, hear how participants in my Rewire Your Cravings workshop reduced their cravings by 80%! Listen now and start feeling in control again! Want more help? Get access to the Rewire Your Cravings workshop here: https://members.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/rewireyourcravings

Craving rest but afraid to slow down? In this final episode of the Thriving in 2025 series, I'm joined by Dr. Sonia Wright, Dr. Sunny Smith, and Dr. Karen Leitner to explore why slowing down feels so scary for physicians—and how it can transform your well-being. If you've ever felt like you're stuck on a hamster wheel—doing more, giving more, but never feeling like it's enough—this episode will resonate. We discuss why rest and self-compassion are essential, not just for preventing burnout, but for managing stress-driven habits like overeating. Slowing down creates space to approach food and life with intention and care. Listen now to learn the small but powerful shifts that can help you thrive in 2025. Where to Find Our Guests: Dr. Sonia Wright: Radiologist, certified life coach, and founder of The Midlife Sex Coach for Women. Learn more at soniawrightmd.com. Dr. Sunny Smith: Family physician and founder of Empowering Women Physicians. Find her at empoweringwomenphysicians.com or join her Facebook group. Dr. Karen Leitner: Internist and life coach for women physicians. Follow her on Instagram at @KarenLeitnerMD.

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Dr. Christine Sinsky, a general internist and AMA's vice president of professional satisfaction, joins today to discuss the root causes of physician burnout and what the AMA is doing to help doctors feel valued. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Today our guest is J. Wesley Boyd, psychiatrist, professor, and the director of education at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. He joins us to talk about Physician Health Programs, (or PHPs) which are under-the-radar programs that most states have. They're supposed to be a place where doctors who are struggling with substance abuse or mental illness can go to recover. But Wes shares how a shocking number of doctors who do *not* have a substance use disorder are coerced into for-profit inpatient treatment that rips them away from their lives and costs them tens of thousands of dollars of their own money. And if they don't comply with every demand, they'll very likely lose their medical licenses. We'll talk about the benevolent origin of PHPs, the profit motives that corrupted so many them over time, examples of folks who experienced this coercion at the expense of their mental health and career, and how no one believes people who were victims of them - which is why it's important for people like Wes, who worked for one as a psychiatrist, to speak out. And as always, we will discuss the exceptions, because of course there are people who have been helped by them too. Check out our great sponsors!! Pretty Litter: Keep tabs on your cat's health AND keep the odors down! Go to PrettyLitter.com/trustme and use code "trustme" to save 20% on your first order AND get a free cat toy! Quince: Need high quality essentials? Go to Quince.com/trust for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Trust Me is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/trust to get 10% off your first month! Shopify: Run a business? Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/trustme BUY OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at TrustMePod@gmail.com INSTAGRAM @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK @TrustMeCultPodcast

How to heal from physician burnout: Can a vacation help with burnout? How much vacation do doctors get? What are risk factors for burnout? Why do physicians leave their jobs? Our guest is Christine Sinsky, MD, vice president of Professional Satisfaction, at the American Medical Association. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

The act of listening impacts all of our interactions and relationships both professionally & personally. There are many steps towards being a strong listener and one of them is to ne at peace with ourselves by delving deep and finding the root of our self-doubt and self-defeating thoughts and actions. When we do, we are free to truly hear others. My guest this week, Dr. Maiysha Clairborne, is an integrative family physician, Master Practitioner of NLP & Hypnosis, and founder of the Mind Re-Mapping Academy: School of NLP, Hypnosis, & Time Line Therapy®. A healer at heart with over 20 years experience, she is passionate about transforming the lives the people she coaches and trains by teaching them how to communicate more effectively and how to eliminate the fear, self-doubt, negative thoughts & feelings that get in the way of their clarity, communication, focus, & productivity so that they have more confidence in themselves, attract more of what they want, and take their careers & relationships to the next level so they can live a life beyond their wildest dreams.On this guest episode, Dr. Maiysha shares her deep and powerful insights & strategies to boost confidence and attract greater success. She expresses how we can get rid of the old anger, sadness, fear, hurt, guilt, and shame keeping you stuck. Completely disappear limiting beliefs & self sabotaging behaviors stifling your success and take your life to the next level of communication, confidence, connectedness, expression, love, freedom, & peace of mind. As a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dr. Maiysha loves empowering her students & clients in business, entrepreneurship and the power of the unconscious mind. Her own struggle with burnout is what originally inspired her to step outside the box, and her frameworks and programsnow help doctors and medical professionals around the world reclaim their time, freedom, and peace of mind. One of Dr. Maiysha's super-powers is engaging her audience. Best known for her down to earth personality, animated humor, and highly interactive & outside the box delivery style, she has delivered trainings in arenas such as the International Conference on Physician Health, WELLMED Physicia Conference in Greece, and Women in Medicine Conference, Dr. Maiysha is a powerful and valuable asset to any stage, and commits herself to providing incredible value and actionable steps for her audiences to take home.Learn more about Dr. Maiysha here:https://mindremappingacademy.com/https://www.drmaiysha.com/https://www.facebook.com/DrMaiyshahttps://www.instagram.com/DrMaiyshahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/DrMaiysha/https://www.youtube.com/DrMaiyshahttps://www.pinterest.com/drmaiysha/

“If you don't make time for your health now, you will be forced to make time for your illness later.” You have heard quotes like this before but they don't change the fact that it is difficult for physicians to make time for much of anything other than work and their family lives. Listen in as Hannah Brandt - an expert in nutrition and helping busy physicians carve out time for a healthy lifestyle - turns the seemingly impossible task of taking care of yourself into a worthwhile journey toward a healthier life with your family and a career where you are in control of when it ends.   ARE YOU GETTING ALL THE TAX BREAKS YOU REALLY DESERVE? To find out, get your copy of The Overtaxed Doctor's Retirement Investing Checklist at https://physicianfamily.com/go   GOT A QUESTION? Write to us at podcast@physicianfamily.com.   NOTICE Physician Family Financial Advisors Inc., a registered investment advisor, has reasonable belief that the information and content as a whole does not include any false or materially misleading statements or omissions of facts regarding services, investments, or client experience. Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies.  Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Information expressed does not take into account the specific situation or objectives of individuals and is not intended as recommendations appropriate for all individuals. Listeners are encouraged to seek advice from a qualified tax, legal, or investment adviser to determine whether any information presented may be suitable for their specific situation.  Past performance is not indicative of future performance.  

Welcome Back No-Problem Parents!   Trauma-informed parenting (instead of parenting from trauma, parenting from a healed Self)   Did you know words are only 7% of our communication? The rest is our body language, voice, facial expressions, and other non-verbal means. NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming Training will not only help you understand language, but it will give you mastery so that you can manage any conversation and conflict with ease and grace. It's not called the language of influence for nothing.   Meet Dr. Maiysha Clairborne, an Integrative Physician, Master Coach and trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy®, & founder of the Mind Re-Mapping Co. Through her training, Dr. Clairborne helps individuals and organizations achieve mindset & communication mastery by teaching them how to eliminate negative thinking, faulty beliefs, and ineffective behaviors so that they can be trauma responsive in their communications & interactions with others.   Dr. Maiysha's specialty in trauma-informed communication is teaching people the power of words, and how our unconscious thoughts and beliefs have an impact on the reality we create. Her training combines the mastery of emotional and communication intelligence, teaching leaders that by mastering their language (both internal and external) they can not only be conscious but also responsible for the impact of their words, actions, and behaviors. This ultimately helps them to communicate in a way that builds bridges, creating new connections and outcomes that positively impact the people, community & organizations they serve.   Dr. Maiysha enjoys working in Corporations, Medical Systems, and educational Institutions, bringing conversations and skills of trauma responsiveness, emotional intelligence, and a growth mindset culture to these spaces. She obtained her BA in Psychology at Emory University and her doctorate of medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. In addition to gracing the TEDx Asheville Stage in 2022, she has delivered training in arenas such as the International Conference on Physician Health, and Women in Medicine Conference, and has served as a faculty coach for the ACGME's Equity Matters Pilot DEI Certification Program. She is the Author of the book The Wellness Blueprint, co-author of the book Conscious Anti-Racism, and host of the podcast The Black Mind Garden     Learn More about Maiysha by clicking one of the links: Social media links are on the PR sheet. The website www.mindremappingacademy.com They can schedule a FREE parent discovery call https://calendly.com/nlpparenting/nlp-parent-transformation   Listen to The Black Mind Garden Podcast   __________________________________________________________________________________   Parenting is a journey with its ups and downs. These responses are your tools to handle challenging moments while maintaining a positive relationship with your child. Remember, you've got this! Thank you for tuning in to the No Problem Parenting podcast. Be sure to subscribe for more valuable insights and grab your free PDFs below. Click this link: 60 Ways to Respond to Your Kids without Losing Your Cool Click this link: Make it Right Technique PDF   Are you ready to become a No-Problem Parent?   Start here: Becoming a No-Problem Parent Parenting on-demand training.   Foundation: Three core lessons: Seek first to understand, prepare for the worst, and change the conversation. Emphasis on conditional praise before unconditional praise. Understanding Problem and Resistance: Clear definitions for "Problem" and "Resistance" in the course context. Acknowledging that children's choices matter and play a role in their future. Objective: Help parents respond (instead of reacting) to your children's behavior and develop resilient, self-aware children. Recognize that your children crave your leadership to guide them into adulthood. Resistance and Coping Skills: Resistance is a coping mechanism that protects identity, self-worth, and knowledge. Many coping skills are developed in early childhood. Controlling Behavior: Distinguishes between controlling behavior as a means of dominating and controlling behavior to stop specific problems or behaviors. Benefits of No-Problem Approach: Focus on changing behavior without making children pay for their mistakes or behavior. Promotes a healthier parent-child relationship.   Get started TODAY for just $50! Become a No-Problem Parent   To learn more about Parenting Support or to pick Jaci's brain on the next steps for you or your child, Schedule a call now: Jaci's Calendar   For more resources CHECK OUT our No-Problem Parenting Resource Playground!   Follow @NoProblemParents on: FB IG LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Threads   __________________________________________________________________________________   Check out our Books! No-Problem Parenting; Raising Your Kiddos with More Confidence and Less Fear! 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*What if those diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease could still expect years of meaningful life? *How can we lessen the unfair and damaging stigma around this illness? Join Jennifer Reid, MD as she interviews Dr. Gayatri Devi, MD, neurologist and author of The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias. Dr. Gayatri Devi has focused her entire career on promoting brain health and quality of life in neurologic disease. She is board-certified in Neurology, Pain Medicine, Psychiatry, and Brain Injury Medicine as well as Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry.Dr. Gayatri's website: https://nybrain.org/Jennifer Reid, MD: thereflectivedoc.comDiscussed in this Episode:1) The harmful myths about disease course in Alzheimer's 2) Proper diagnosis of dementia, and why it is so often missed in doctors' offices3) New, effective treatments for slowing disease progression4) How women and men respond differently to a dementia diagonsisDr. Devi is currently the director of Park Avenue Neurology and an Attending Physician at Lenox Hill Hospital | Northwell Health as well as a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Downstate Medical Center. Her research focuses on the optimal treatment of stroke, cognitive loss, and pain.Dr. Devi has been featured in multiple news outlets, including the BBC, NY Times and Wall Street journal, and has written several books. She is neurologic consultant to the NY State Committee for Physician Health and the NFL Players Association. Born and raised in India, the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of physicians, Dr. Devi continues a tradition of caring that began 140 years ago.Seeking a mental health provider? Try Psychology TodayNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255SAMHSA's National Helpline - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Dial 988 for Mental Health EmergencyThoughts and opinions expressed on show are those of host and guests, and not associated with any academic institution.Disclaimer:The information and other content provided on this podcast or in any linked materials, are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only.If you or any other person has a medical concern, you should consult with your health care provider or seek other professional medical treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something that have read on this website, blog or in any linked materials. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency services (911) immediately. You can also access the National Suicide Help Line aThe Reflective DocWebsite - Instagram - Facebook - Linked In - Twitter - Think Like a Shrink Blog on Psychology Today

Dr. Kevin Mailo returns as host and welcomes Dr. Jordan Vollrath, physician and co-founder of Cherry Health, to the show to talk about how he created an innovative physician network. It started with just locums but Dr. Vollrath describes how far Cherry Health has expanded and how it helps physicians. Jordan Vollrath had only worked in clinical medicine for a brief time after graduating from his residency when contacts and ideas fell together in serendipity to create Cherry Health. He enjoys his clinical work, which he currently does very part-time at the Alberta Obesity Clinic, but saw a real opportunity to create a job connection network for Canadian physicians where one was currently lacking.In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Jordan Vollrath talk about how Jordan's start in locum work led to the first iteration of Cherry Health as a locum network, how it quickly expanded to all manner of medical employment, Jordan's vision for the future information hub that Cherry Health will be, and why such a network will transform physician's lives for the better. This episode will pique your interest in Cherry Health and the connection opportunities available. About Dr. Jordan VollrathDr. Vollrath completed his medical school at the University of Alberta in Edmonton before going on to finish his Family Medicine residency at the University of Calgary.He has worked in a wide variety of both urban and rural clinical settings including ER and hospital based medicine. He is a co-founder of Cherry Health, a Canadian technologies company. In 2020, he was awarded the Joule Physician Innovation prize by the Canadian Medical Association. He has a passion for mental health and its relationship with weight outcomes.In his spare time, he enjoys being active and outdoors - skiing, camping, mountain biking and spending time with his French bulldog.Resources Discussed in this Episode:Jordan Vollrath, MD on LinkedInCherry HealthDoximity in the USAM3, Inc in JapanDoctors.net.uk in the UK—Physician Empowerment: website | facebook | linkedin __TranscriptDr. Kevin Mailo: [00:00:01] Hi, I'm Dr. Kevin Mailo and you're listening to the Physician Empowerment Podcast. At Physician Empowerment, we're focused on transforming the lives of Canadian physicians through education in finance, practice transformation, wellness, and leadership. After you've listened to today's episode, I encourage you to visit us at PhysEmpowerment.ca - that's P H Y S Empowerment dot ca - to learn more about the many resources we have to help you make that change in your own life, practice, and personal finances. Now on to today's episode. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:00:35] Hi, I'm Dr. Kevin Mailo, one of the co-founders of Physician Empowerment and one of our podcast hosts. And today I am very excited to introduce to you Dr. Jordan Vollrath. Jordan is a family physician based out of Calgary who has developed, if you haven't heard of it yet you will, Cherry Health, Which is an online platform, online app, that allows physicians to connect with different locum services. So, Jordan, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, where you are in your career, what you do right now clinically, and then share a little bit about your journey? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:01:12] Yeah, for sure. So thanks for having me, Kevin. Glad to be here. It's an honor. But yeah, basically like right now I'm working at the Alberta Obesity Center, so I'm mental health specialist and really I'm only part-time there. So I'm doing about like one day a week on average of actual clinical practice. And then the rest of the week is working at Cherry Health. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:01:31] Awesome. Awesome. How many years have you been in practice? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:01:34] I've been an adult since 2019, so we're coming up on like four here. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:01:38] You've been a grown-up for a few years now. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:01:40] Yeah, yeah. We're getting older. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:01:41] You're like, you're like a pandemic baby. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:01:44] Pretty much, yeah. Just before that I actually had like, a real job for about seven months, and that's when things started to shift. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:01:51] Yeah, there was a time when we didn't wear masks for every patient encounter. There was a time, Jordan. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:01:57] I recall that briefly from residency. Yeah. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:02:00] Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I suppose it would have been some residency in med school before then. Okay, so tell me a little bit about, okay, where did you come up with this idea and then what were the early steps that you took to build Cherry Health? Right? Because I mean, clearly I mean, you had an idea. How did you take those first steps? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:02:18] So it evolved just out of solving selfishly, like a problem that I had for myself. So after graduating, I was working as a locum physician, so I was doing locums, you know, all around Calgary, Southern Alberta, rural/urban stuff. And then so I really liked just the flexibility of booking my shifts on short notice. So I would do short notice coverage. I'd do like short-term coverage for a day, a week, a month, you know, anything in that kind of ballpark. And it was really fun. It was a really rewarding way to actually practice, like covering for people when they got sick. If somebody needed like last-minute time off, it was very appreciated by like all the doctors in the clinic. So I'd actually be, because that was like a very sorely needed thing. They didn't really have very many people that were willing to practice like that, but it had its pitfalls practicing that way, right? So it was kind of if you want to cover short-notice things, you have to leave your schedule open until short notice. So that resulted in lots of downtime, lots of like days where I actually didn't have anything arranged. Not that I really hated having a day off here and there, but like in terms of efficiency of... Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:03:17] Yeah, quit bragging, Jordan. Keep going, keep going. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:03:23] You know what I mean?  Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:03:24] No, no. I know what you mean. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:03:25] It got to the point where there'd be like down days, down weeks. I'd be picking up a shift at a time, at some walk-in clinics, things like that. But anyways, like then the pandemic kicked in. Like I had only been working for six, seven months because I had graduated the previous summer and then took a month off. And then March came around and suddenly, like nobody needed vacation coverage anymore, you know, nobody was going anywhere. Nothing was happening. People weren't actually even leaving their houses. So zero people were showing up to the walk in center. And so now suddenly it got like even more of a stress, an actual like issue to try and book things back to back on this short notice. And so the whole inspiration for Cherry Health kind of was a bit of a serendipity. Like I was actually just like hanging out with some friends at one at somebody's house one day. And then I met a guy who worked at a local, it's called a venture studio, so basically, like what they do, instead of investing in startup companies, they invest their time and then they get a return of like a stake in the company. And so this guy, Maximilian Kurz, yeah, so I met up with this guy, Max Kurz, and he's a genius. So this is like what he does for a living at this venture studio. And we were kind of just like talking. He was telling me what he does, and I was like, That's super cool. Like, just like the whole process of innovating and coming up with new things and like, you have an idea how do you actually get it off the ground. And it's basically like consulting, but for startups and implementing all these different strategies for growth and building like operations and things like that. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:04:56] And so I was like, That sounds super cool. Like, you know, the creative outlet and the actual ability to, like, think outside the box. You know, I found that, like a lot of the times in medicine, thinking outside the box seemed like a good avenue to malpractice suits and losing your license. You're very much expected to think inside the box for a lot of things. So anyways, this just sounded very foreign to me, like this whole premise of like, how he operated. You show up to work one day on a Monday and you'd have really not necessarily an idea of what you'd actually do that week because you kind of got to figure it out as you go. So we're kind of just talking and I was like, Hey, if anything medical comes across your desk, drop me a line anytime. I'd love to weigh in or hear what you guys have planned. And then the next week he just called me up on the phone and he's like, Do you have anything in health care, like problems that you yourself have or anything else? Any ideas? We kind of just started spitballing ideas and it started out with, Hey, I do all these locums and it's a pain to organize sequential work and high-quality opportunities. And then next week he called me back again and he'd put together the most impressive, gigantic spreadsheet I'd ever seen. And he's like, I think we can do something with this. I think this is, I think this idea has got legs. That's really how it all started. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:06:08] Wow. Wow. Excellent, Excellent. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:06:12] Serendipity, hey. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:06:13] Love that. Okay, so. Okay, so we kind of know what, you know, what it started as. But tell us what Cherry Health is right now for Canadian physicians. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:06:23] Okay. So it started out with the locum perspective on it, right? So we initially launched it just to tailor it to like connecting these temporary jobs. It's since expanded. So now it's all across the country, it's no longer just family doctors, and it's no longer just locums. So now it's full-time long-term jobs, part-time jobs, telehealth jobs, contracting jobs, any physician specialty, really all the provinces in Canada. So it's kind of like the one-stop employment shop now. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:06:51] Love that. Love that. And then talk to us about where you're headed with Cherry Health. Like what's your dream or what do you want for Canadian physicians with Cherry Health? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:07:04] So, okay, this is where the really interesting opportunity, I think, lies is we're building this network essentially, right? And so the backbone of this network currently is predicated on employment, on jobs. And so the goal is to like start strengthening those connections between people. So right now, they're looking for work opportunities. In the future, we want to start expanding it more into sharing research articles, into sharing medical news. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:07:29] Oh, wow. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:07:30] Kind of becoming the one-stop, you know, kind of platform for digital physician networking in Canada. Like right now, there's not a whole lot of like infrastructure, like digital infrastructure for physicians in Canada. Like other countries, the US has Doximity, you know, the UK has physicians dot net, you know, Japan has M3. It's essentially like LinkedIn for doctors, all these companies I'm describing. So that really is kind of the goal, right? So you could, you take this network, kind of this core foundation that we're building that's, you know, founded around the employment thing, and then you start adding more tools, more widgets, more things on there to actually like help physicians make their lives easier, their jobs throughout the day. Right? So that really is the value of the whole thing is you've got this collection of people and you can start putting on new tools, new utilities, all kinds of different stuff, you know, resources, different articles like how to optimize your billing, how to optimize your clinic workflow, connecting you with all the other innovations, all the other exciting things that are popping up in Canada. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:08:34] So as you grow, how do you maintain the quality of what's on the platform? Because I think it's one thing, it's like, okay, I'm a clinic, I'm advertising a locum opportunity, I'm a locum physician, I'll sign up, you know, Airbnb it, I get it, right? But how do you maintain, you know, quality? Is there a chat platform? Like what do you do in terms of that? Because I think one of the issues that we face in medicine, and I'm guilty of being part of that, is that we just throw so much information out there that it can be a little bit overwhelming for physicians. Like I kind of don't know what to do with the latest podcast episode on all of the different podcasts that I'm subscribed to, right? And so, you know, so talk to us about that, right? Like intentionality and finding some balance. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:09:24] So one of the things we did initially, we actually had ratings and reviews on there. So for the different clinics now that was a bit of a hot-button topic. Yeah, like there was a lot of physicians who were like, Wow, this is a sorely needed thing. Like, how many digital marketplaces do you interact with lately that don't have that on there? Right? Like Uber, Airbnb. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:09:44] Yeah. Well, and you know, you step into like that clinic and you're like, blow the dust off the paper charts and you look in and you see like, it's going to be a little bit of a long week for me. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:09:55] So anyways, that feature did not get ported over to the new platform that we just updated. It released. It may come back at some point in this next little while, I don't know yet. But in terms of that quality otherwise, like that really is a big thing that I'm dealing with right now is like we've got this very sophisticated tool and how do you engage everybody to use it properly? Like so we've been doing some webinars for some of the local health associations recently just on like how to recruit. And this included a big focus on how to create a job posting that was actually appealing. Yeah. So that's a lot on us, right? Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:10:33] Yeah, yeah. I'll be honest. Like when you flip the pages of most medical publications, it sounds a little dry, you know? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:10:42] Okay, part of preparing for those webinars is actually one of the funnest things I saw was just looking through some of the job ads on the CMAJ and the CFP and like those things are very expensive. It's like, I can't remember, but you get so many. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:10:56] I've advertised on some of those. Yeah, not cheap. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:10:59] Right? And so some of these job ads, like even though they paid all that money, they didn't even use up like the 80 words or whatever they were allowed to. It was like one sentence on like, Hey, we have a clinic and we use this EMR. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:11:12] Yeah, think I was skipping spaces between words just to, you know, get my money's worth. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:11:19] So a lot of it is like, you know, it's on us to like really educate people and provide them resources on like how to actually successfully recruit. Recruitment is a very complex, difficult thing. That's why there's these professionals that actually do this for a living. And so physicians and most of us medical people, you know, never had exposure to that. And then you have a clinic and you need to like, how do you choose office staff? How do you hire more physicians? It's just very foreign to a lot of people. So in terms of ensuring that quality, that's definitely a big part of it is like teaching people actually like what needs to be done, and there is a messaging platform in there as well. To answer your other question, that's like coming out next week, I think. That will be updated finally. So we're super excited for that. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:12:00] Very cool. So okay, so going back to the core offering. So how does it work if you've got questions about the locum, do you just like is there a messaging way back and forth between you and the clinic or do you just pick up the phone and call the clinic manager or the physician you're seeking to replace and just, you know, sort out the finer details there? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:12:21] So it would just show you right away the contact details. You got one outgoing message if you were interested, you got to put some text in there and then it would send a thing and show you the contact details. But again, as of like literally any day now, finally we will have the messaging system implemented in there. So they'll be like peer-to-peer chat now, if you have questions you can reach out. Very low pressure, low committal. You know, our generation of millennials and most of the people doing the locuming right now are a little, you know, afraid to pick up the phone and talk to a human. So text-based interface, it'll be nice. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:12:52] Yeah, I got. What is the fee model for the core offering? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:12:58] So we got three things. Two of them haven't been released yet. The one that is on there so far, the partnerships model. So we actually have sponsorship deals with other companies that are doing really cool, innovative stuff in health care, clinical tools, things that will update your EMR workflow, things that will help you engage with your patients, all kinds of different like actual things. It's all these things that you've never heard of, right? Because advertising in medicine is incredibly expensive, right? Like there's tons of big conglomerates out there with large budgets that will send reps to your office. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:13:32] Well, we compete with Big Pharma. Big Pharma writes the biggest checks. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:13:37] Yeah, exactly. And so there's so much cool stuff out there that's happening that you've never heard of because these companies can't afford to have you hear of them in a lot of cases. So forming partnerships with them like stuff that actually like adds value to the physician's lives. And so that's like one of the fee models. And then just like any other LinkedIn, indeed, you can upgrade your post. So that'll be coming very soon if you want it to be seen at the top of the pile, you can pay to play and get some more exposure, which, you know, kind of the whole premise of the platform is that we really want to democratize recruiting, right? That's the thing right now is that most clinics, most organizations, they cannot afford to pay to play. And so that's why we have this very sophisticated freemium model where there's like a ton of value and ability to, like, get your jobs in your locums out there based on meritocracy as opposed to just purely like the relative size of your budget. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:14:30] Wow, isn't that great? Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:14:32] And then number three is the recruiter seat. So actually, if you want to like take that advanced functionality and really start doing the outreach, the active outreach, to other people on the network, that's a paid feature. So those are kind of like the three things that fuel the network. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:14:46] So listen, I'm not going to sit there and poke and prod you too much longer about it. I would encourage everybody who's listening to this to download the app. I did, and I love looking at it. I mean, I got, I'm very much busy enough as it is in my existing position, but I can see how much better this is than trying to track, track it down through, through traditional publications, trying to track down a locum through traditional publications or word of mouth or whatever. Right? And I think my big reflection on Cherry Health is that this is a massive productivity boost to the profession, right? Because at the beginning of this, Jordan, what you shared with us is your downtime, right? You know, here you are as a, you know, a young physician wanting to be in practice, but, you know, wanting to take your time to find out what you really like and what you want to be doing rather than just jumping and joining a practice. And so this locum app, you know, really allows you, Cherry Health really allows you to, as a physician, find, you know, maybe the thing that fits the best for you. But as across the profession, you can see that this offers a ton of value. Right? And it's not just, and I hate using the word productivity like at Physician Empowerment, we're always ranting about like it is not about churning more output in a given day. It is about living better, practicing your best medicine. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:16:11] But that work-life balance and like... Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:16:12] Exactly, exactly, right? Like it is, it's huge. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:16:16] So there's a couple problems in medicine right now, right? Like there's the absolute lack of physicians. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:16:23] Only growing. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:16:23] Which is just a mess across everywhere. Yeah, only getting worse. And then there's the second thing, which is the actual like relative fraction of locums that are going around right now, right? So if you talk to anybody, there's just an absolute paucity of locums out there. Like it's a struggle to recruit anybody. So I think by making it easier actually, like making a big giant digital shiny pipeline of locum work, a lot of the new grads are going to be, you know, kind of drawn to actually practicing in that manner. And then we're going to have less burnt-out physicians, right? So once we start actually balancing and making that match a little better of the established physicians versus the temporary relief coverage like that's going to be huge to actually just cutting back all the doctors that are retiring early, cutting back their practice, moving away, taking time off, reducing their clinical hours, doing things that are non-medical. Right? So that's going to be one of the biggest benefits of like, obviously not today, but like as the months and years roll on. Yeah. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:17:20] Oh long-term, right? I mean, this is the next step, right, in the labour shortage that we have across this country. Right? Because, you know, we're not about to suddenly get more doctors to address the shortage, but having them deployed in a better, more efficient way really matters. And I think, you know, again, reflecting on the other end of the spectrum, physicians that are late career and contemplating retirement, well, maybe they'll push that back if they can reliably get locums, right? Because if you can't get a locum and you know, you're 60, I mean, you know, 70-year-old doctor, which they're out there, you know, I work with one and you want to start slowing down, you want to start taking those vacations and you realize like, well, if I can't get a locum, well, then I'm just going to shut down my practice and retire, you know? So again, like there's just so many advantages here and it's truly inspiring to see what you're doing because I think it's a lot more than just a service, right? It's the opportunity to transform the profession and create better work-life balance for everybody, which we all need. That is a crisis within the profession. Absolutely a crisis within the profession. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:18:24] 100%. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:18:25] Okay. So, of course, like, what did I tell you? 20, 25 minutes and we keep going on and on. But tell me, Jordan, share some reflections about your journey thus far. Tell us a little bit about how you went from being a family medicine graduate to here you are as a physician entrepreneur because we constantly, at Physician Empowerment, we always have the, you know, physicians that are reaching out to us, that they're developing something on their own, whether it's clinic based or outside of medicine entirely, or health tech or whatever. But talk to us a little bit about your journey, some of your reflections, maybe a bit of wisdom along the way. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:19:02] Well it's kind of funny looking back in the rearview mirror, right? Like when we got started, like the company is almost three years old now, getting pretty close, like, did I think I would be here today? You know, like almost not doing hardly any clinical medicine four years after graduating my residency. Like, was that my intention from the get-go? Like, no, absolutely not. Right? Like I really enjoy like, actually, my Monday is where I see my patients most of the time. It's one of my favourite days of the week. I actually really like health care. But it's just that it kind of evolved, right? And there was this window of opportunity to like really enact some significant systems change and it just kept getting bigger. So we've kept following it and I've kind of been just tapering back my clinical practice like as needed by the company. Right? It all started out like we won The Joule Physician Innovation Prize, in January 21 for physician or was it Physician Health and Wellness was the category, right, just for this creating a tool to actually cut back on burnout and that work-life balance. And so that really catapulted things, like that opened so many doors like as a for-profit company, right? Like as a registered incorporation, like a lot of the time in health care, it's very difficult to actually like get meetings and get things done because it's like, oh, it's one of those evil corporations, right? But like having that actual endorsement coming from the top down of the regulatory body opened so many doors. So that immediately, like obviously the money was a huge boost to just productivity and being able to like build more stuff and more technology. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:20:36] But that opened so many doors, and so leveraging that, like talking to more people, getting in with some of the like health care organizations actually getting like more reach and more awareness of the system. Got that going. We turned that into then some funding. So actually like we closed some private investor funding last year. So that really like really, you know, things just kept kind of skyrocketing past that point. Then we had more staff, more team members. Everything just kept getting more sophisticated. Now we're up to, I think, like seven full-time people. We've got a few interns and apprentices. We've got a job description posted right now hiring for another marketing person. So we just continue to grow and kind of that window of opportunity to like really do some good for Canadian health care system just keeps getting bigger. And so we keep just following it. But it's been a fun journey. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:21:25] It's definitely very different from like all the normal doctory things we're used to doing. But it's been a really enjoyable journey. The people you meet, like going to the, you know, networking events and business minglers, meeting other people that are in the health care space. There actually is a fairly well-developed like innovation space in health tech, right? And actually, as of yesterday, we just found out that we've been accepted to a health accelerator program. Like as the startup, I'm not allowed to name it or embargo on. I don't know when this is coming out, when this will actually be published, but so we're super excited that we'll be working with some of the biggest basically agencies in health care in Alberta for the next few months on some of these things. So you just meet tons of interesting people that are doing all sorts of really fascinating things. And it's very cool. Like I hadn't really seen any of that previously. Right? You're kind of just, you got your blinders on of clinical operations and patient care and, you know, whatever the thing du jour is. But now that you take a step back and actually look at what's going on around us in the innovation system, there's so many interesting things happening. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:22:33] Awesome. Absolutely awesome. Okay, we're going to wrap it up. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:22:37] Yourself included, of course, like obviously like all your projects your company has on the go, all the stuff you guys are doing for physicians. Like that's how we match, right? It's just kind of like... Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:22:47] Yeah, honestly, I mean, a year and a half ago, somewhere around there, a little less than a year and a half ago, we were in Mexico teaching, doing our course. And like, if you'd asked me five years ago that I'd be lecturing in Mexico, I, you know, at a beautiful resort, I wouldn't have believed it. And knock on wood, we're off to the Galapagos in early 2023 for a big tour. So we'll see how that goes. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:23:10] That'll be a fun spot. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:23:11] You'll get an invitation. I'll come shake you down. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:23:13] Oh, perfect. Awesome. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:23:15] All right, good stuff. Let's wrap it up. Thank you so much again, everyone, this was Doctor Jordan Vollrath, founder of Cherry Health. Thank you. Dr. Jordan Vollrath: [00:23:24] Awesome. Thank you so much, Kevin. Dr. Kevin Mailo: [00:23:26] Thank you so much for listening to the Physician Empowerment Podcast. If you're ready to take those next steps in transforming your practice, finances, or personal well-being, then come and join us at PhysEmpowerment.ca - P H Y S Empowerment dot ca - to learn more about how we can help. If today's episode resonated with you, I'd really appreciate it if you would share our podcast with a colleague or friend and head over to Apple Podcasts to give us a five-star rating and review. If you've got feedback, questions or suggestions for future episode topics, we'd love to hear from you. If you want to join us and be interviewed and share some of your story, we'd absolutely love that as well. Please send me an email at KMailo@PhysEmpowerment.ca. Thank you again for listening. Bye. 

This episode's guest is Scott Humphreys, MD, forensic psychologist and medical director of the Colorado Physician Health Program (CPHP). This nonprofit independent peer assistance program provides licensed professionals with confidential, individualized evaluation and treatment referrals for health problems such as psychiatric illness and substance abuse. Dr. Humphreys discusses the stigma associated with physicians transitioning into the role of patient and the approach CPHP takes to ensure they can ultimately have a healthy practice and healthy life.  Disclaimer: Information provided in this podcast should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice that pertains to your situation. Health care providers should exercise their professional judgment in connection with the provision of healthcare services. The information contained in this podcast is not intended to be, nor is it, a substitute for medical diagnosis, treatment, advice, or judgment relative to a patient's specific condition.  

Physician coaching is a key to culture change in medicine. Inegrating physician coaching into graduate medical education is an effective and impactful intervention.  In this episode, Dr. Tonya Caylor and Jessie share a vibrant conversation about the win-win of bringing coaching to training programs. Getting funding for coaching for your team, residents, and/or fellows doesn't have to be complicated. It also isn't hard. There are lots of different and creative ways to do it. In our experience, once in place- the ROI in coaching is obvious to all.   When trainees receive coaching as part of their training it normalizes a culture of getting help. And that carries forward. When attendings and faculty get coaching at the same time,  the impact is profound. We share why it is optimal to bring in a coach from outside your institution. We talk about gender vs mixed-gender coaching groups and the impact of coaching at different developmental levels of medical training.  Coaching helps trainees connect with presence and acceptance of where they are on the journey of being a physician. It helps them enjoy, appreciate, and optimize ALL the phases of a medical career rather than always waiting to arrive. Coaching helps lessen imposter syndrome, and let go of feelings that you are not enough, and/or don't belong. Actual feedback from fellows about coaching: "I now understand thought errors that perpetuate "imposter syndrome" and can break them down to change my internal beliefs about my own competence." " I was able to make a lot of progress in letting go of feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt." "I think this should be offered at every institution."   Listen to hear what's different between mentorship, therapy, and mindset coaching and why all physicians deserve to have a coach.  Coaching can help all physicians with transitions, job negotiations, and setting themselves up for a sustainable career in medicine. Tonya Caylor, MD, FAAFP, founded Joy in Family Medicine Coaching Services® after realizing physician coaching's power and seeing a paucity of it at the residency level.  Dr. Caylor has had 23 years of post-residency clinical experience, 14 of those years involving academic medicine at the residency level. If you want to bring coaching to family medicine residency programs, reach out to Dr. Caylor here: www.joyinfamilymedicine.com. If you want to bring coaching to a fellowship program (or a team of attendings), reach out to Dr. Mahoney. Dr. Mahoney is an Assistant Volunteer Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF.  She also has experience as a Department Chief, a Chief Resident, and a preceptor many different levels of medical education.  She has recently successfully advocated for and brought ongoing coaching to fellowship programs at Stanford University and at the Medical University of South Carolina.  She has presented the success of her coaching work at Stanford at the American Conference of Physician Health.  Working with fellows, and bringing coaching to fellowship programs is one of Jessie's greatest coaching pleasures. Reach out to bring this win-win to your program and institution by emailing jessie@jessiemahoneymd.com. If you want to find calm, contentment, and a clear and meaningful path forward in your life, reach out to discuss mindful coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.

A transcript is available online.The COVID pandemic showed us how critical the problem of professional fatigue is in healthcare. It has led to early retirement, reduced staffing, and increased costs throughout healthcare systems. But the syndrome that's commonly called "burnout" existed long before the pandemic and it will — undoubtedly — exist after it.  Our guests today believe that healthcare burnout is a systems problem that is manifest in individuals: a symptom of a disease that is often not apparent until a talented professional resigns and leaves the clinical setting altogether.  On today's program, we hear from a number of front-line healthcare professionals about their experiences with a pilot program that connects certified coach-physicians with medical staff who are feeling some degree of professional dissatisfaction and are concerned about their well-being.  Could physicians-coaching-physicians bypass the cultural stigma against receiving help, provide much needed professional development, offer refinement of personal mission, and optimize mental health and personal resilience?  Happily we can report that the answer appears to be yes. .Chrissie Ott, M.D.Internal Medicine & PediatricsMedical DirectorCenter for Medically Fragile ChildrenProvidence Regional Medical Director of Well-beingPortland, Ore..Tricia James, M.D.Internal Medicine Residency FacultyMedical Director, Wellness Providence Portland Medical CenterPortland, Ore..To read an executive summary of the Medical Staff Coaching Initiative, a partnership between Providence and Coaching for Institutions, please click here. (.pdf)  To read the presentation slides from the 2022 International Conference on Physician Health, click here. (.pdf) ..Hans Moller, M.D.Orthopedic SurgeryProvidence Seaside ClinicSeaside, Ore..Kimi Powers, PA-CFamily MedicineProvidence Center for Weight ManagementPortland, Ore..Maneesha Ahluwalia, M.D.Infectious DiseasesCertified Life CoachBaltimore, Md..To hear more of Dr. Ahluwalia and Ms. Powers' conversation, click here...Christina Rothans, LCSWPalliative Care Social WorkerSanta Monica, Calif..Zahra Esmail, DOPaliative MedicineProvidence Little Company of Mary Medical CenterTorrance, Calif.Today's program begins with an excerpt from COVID-19 Realities, an episode of our podcast that featured the stories of two palliative caregivers describing the stresses of working through the pandemic surge in Southern California, in January 2021. You can listen to the rest of their remarkable story, here...  

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Physician Health Care Visits for Mental Health and Substance Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada  JAMA Network Open With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians face specific occupational stressors, including a potentially greater risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, with consequent concerns over personal health and infecting family, friends, and colleagues; inadequate personal protective equipment; rapid practice changes including loss of income; and high, and at times overwhelming, workloads. In this population-based cohort study of 34,055 physicians in Ontario, Canada, the rate of outpatient visits for mental health and substance use increased on average by 13% per physician during the first 12 months of the pandemic compared with the prior 12 months. These findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with greater mental health services use among physicians. Read this issue of the ASAM Weekly Subscribe to the ASAM Weekly Visit ASAM

Tune into this episode of the Punch Drunk Soul Podcast to hear how Anna is making the jump from Physician into the coaching space and why.   Anna Esparham, MD is a triple-board certified physician in integrative medicine, medical acupuncture, and pediatrics. She is the founder of Health Is PowHer's Podcast and the Pain-Free Life Academy group coaching program. She helps women with chronic pain and fibromyalgia move their bodies freely and do the things they love again.   Anna started her business a few years ago but was feeling really stuck in terms of how she could help women with chronic pain and health issues. If you're looking to take your years of education and training and turn it into a powerful, freeing, coaching business, you don't want to miss this episode!   Learn more about Path to Freedom Coach Accelerator: punchdrunksoul.com/pathtofreedom Follow Along with Anna: https://healthispowher.com/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/health_is_powher/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthisPowHer/   Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/painfreelifesquad

Paul DeChant, MD, MBA, one of the featured keynote speakers at the 2022 International Conference on Physician Health™, Oct. 13-15, in Orlando, Fla., shares six key drivers of physician burnout and how to address them. This year's conference theme is “engaging organizations to achieve cultural change.” American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. Registration for ICPH 2022 closes Sept. 22! Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3N7cdP2

“Change is overdue. Physicians who need help for mental health issues or substance use disorders need to get it in a manner that is free of financial and other conflicts of interest. They need to be able to go to academic centers and/or the best clinicians possible and get unbiased opinions and advice. Boards of medicine need to stop giving PHPs carte blanche to dictate what physicians need if there is suspicion of a substance use disorder. Every physician in the U.S.—and, in fact, every patient—ought to join in calling for fairness and transparency in PHP recommendations. Until there is a groundswell of opposition against standard practices, physicians will continue to get extorted, and they and their patients will continue to suffer.” J. Wesley Boyd is a psychiatrist. He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, “The extortion of physicians: If doctors don't pay up they don't work.” Did you enjoy today's episode? Rate and review the show so more audiences can find The Podcast by KevinMD. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out. Click here to earn 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CME for this episode. Also available in Category 1 CME bundles. Powered by CMEfy - a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Learn more at about.cmefy.com/cme-info

Dr. Jane Lemaire is co-director of Well Doc Alberta and a respected expert on physician health. Here she focuses on physician wellness in the context of the humanity of the medical profession.

In Episode 10, I speak with Family Medicine Physician, media consultant, and fellow podcast host Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen about growing up in New York after immigrating from Jamaica, how her HBCU medical education prepared her to be a confident and competent physician, and how she finds balance between a demanding career and other aspects of her personal life.

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Steve Nelson, chief executive officer of Duly Health and Care, about how he's making the health and well-being of his physicians a top priority and reimagining health care. 

This podcast explores the importance of physician health and wellness through the eyes of a physician who has experienced first-hand the importance of addressing the daily stresses and burdens of being a physician in today's healthcare system.

Dr. Michael F. Myers, MD, author of Becoming a Doctors' Doctor, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and recent past Vice-Chair of Education and Director of Training in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY. He is the author or co-author of eight other books, including Why Physicians Die By Suicide, The Handbook of Physician Health and Doctors’ Marriages. His publications also include more than 150 articles covering such topics as marital therapy, men and reproductive technology, divorce, sexual assault of women and men, AIDS, the stigma of psychiatric illness, gender issues in training and medical practice, the treatment of medical students and physicians, boundary crossing in the doctor-patient relationship, and ethics in medical education and suicide. He has received multiple awards for excellence in teaching, and has served on the editorial boards of several medical journals. Along with his continuing clinical research, teaching and outreach in the field of suicide, Dr. Myers is a recent past President of the New York City Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Myers lectures widely throughout North America and beyond on these subjects. www.michaelfmyers.com

Monica Faria, M.D. FASAM, speaks with host Edward Araujo about her journey through a physician health program and how the current system in Arizona can be improved. Dr. Faria appeared on the cover of the Winter 2021 issue of Arizona Physician magazine. Read our profile of Dr. Faria online. This episode was sponsored by MICA, the exclusive provider of medical professional liability coverage for members of the Maricopa County Medical Society.

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews a guest who is talking about a very important subject that is somewhat taboo in Western culture: physician suicide. If you caught episodes 263 and 264 with Dr. Gail Gazelle on physician burnout, you understand that the stress doctors experience in their professional lives can lead to a host of emotional and physical symptoms, including depression and risk of suicide. In today's conversation, Dr. Myers discusses this phenomenon and how it can be prevented. Whether or not you are a therapist or other helping professional, you'll find this is a very important and sensitive subject which Michael Myers describes in a down to earth and relatable way. Dr Michael F. Myers, author of Becoming a Doctor's Doctor, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and recent past Vice-Chair of Education and Director of Training in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY. He is the author or co-author of eight other books, including Why Physicians Die By Suicide, The Handbook of Physician Health and Doctors’ Marriages. His publications also include more than 150 articles covering such topics as marital therapy, men and reproductive technology, divorce, sexual assault of women and men, AIDS, the stigma of psychiatric illness, gender issues in training and medical practice, the treatment of medical students and physicians, boundary-crossing in the doctor-patient relationship, and ethics in medical education and suicide. He has received multiple awards for excellence in teaching and has served on the editorial boards of several medical journals. Along with his continuing clinical research, teaching and outreach in the field of suicide, Dr. Myers is a recent past President of the New York City Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Myers lectures widely throughout North America and beyond on these subjects.  Resources Guest's website: http://www.michaelfmyers.com/index.htm ICYMI, episode 263 with Dr. Gail Gazelle is here And episode 264, part 2 with Dr. Gail Gazelle is here. Thanks to everyone who registered for the Trauma Therapist Community clinical consultation groups! Groups are full and registration is now closed. If you'd like to be the first to know when I reopen TTC groups for new members (likely late summer 2021), Sign up at this link! Leave me a message via Speakpipe by going to https://therapychatpodcast.com and clicking on the green Speakpipe button. Thank you for listening to Therapy Chat! Please be sure to go to iTunes and leave a rating and review, subscribe and download episodes. You can also download the Therapy Chat app on iTunes by clicking here. Podcast produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

“I can honestly say I have never been through anything like this in my life.” – Dr. Sabrina Akhtar, Toronto.When a global pandemic was declared in March 2020, medical professionals went into hyperdrive to try and contain the virus, treat patients, and keep themselves safe. Nearly a year later this work continues, but what is the cost to physician wellness? Do we need to re-think wellness supports during COVID-19?In this episode, Dr. Sabrina Akhtar explains the stress and burnout she's experienced since the pandemic was declared, and Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie talks to Dr. Joy Albuquerque, medical director of the Ontario Medical Association's Physician Health program, about how she sees the pandemic impacting physicians.Want to learn more about physician wellness? Visit the CMA Physician Wellness Hub for curated, clinically-based tools, resources, and research on all the topics covered in this podcast.

In this first of a 3-part series on the ABC of Anger Management, physician health expert Dr. Mamta Gautam discusses A - Allowing the emotion and how to do this in a constructive way

Host David Johnson interviews Dr. Christine Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Welcome to the Alberta Health Services’ COVID-19 podcast. In this episode, Dr. Debrah Wirtzfeld, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Physician Health, Diversity and Wellness talks about the importance of physician wellness as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Dr. Jeanette welcomes Dr. Michael F. Myers, M.D., the "Doctors' Doctor" to discuss Physician Suicide and Physician Health. Dr. Myers, author of Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned From Their Families and Others Who Cared, is a psychiatrist and specialist in physician mental health and supports his clients through professional and personal struggles. Are the parameters and boxes we have put the physician professional into, now exceeded the limits of what a person can possibly hold to exist in this life and be healthy? This is a conversation that is now on the table; how are we all participating in treating our healthcare professionals as we would wish to be treated? For more information on Dr. Myers: www.MichaelFMyers.com For a free newsletter and support with Dr. Jeanette visit: www.DrJeanetteGallagher.com

Physicians routinely face challenging situations and difficult decisions. In times of crisis – such as during a pandemic - this can lead to moral distress. In a podcast from the Canadian Medical Protective Association, hosts Drs. Yolanda Madarnas and Steven Bellemare explore the topic of moral distress with psychiatrist Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie, executive vice-president of Physician Health and Wellness at the Canadian Medical Association.

In this episode of the COVID-19 Physician Wellness podcast, Dr. Debrah Wirtzfeld, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Physician Health, Diversity & Wellness at Alberta Health Services, Jodi Ploquin, Senior Consultant with AHS Provincial Medical Affairs, and Dr. Jennine Wismark, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Physician Wellness & Development for Covenant Health, discuss a main theme that has emerged in their Zoom Room for Physician Wellness; What does support looks like for frontline HC providers during COVID-19?

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Dr. Michael Myers, not only saves lives due to suicide prevention, but also heals families that have lost doctors to suicide. He feels honored and humbled to sit with grieving families, who feel that their loved ones have taken the answers with them. Dr. Myers is also working to change the stigma that is associated with physicians asking for assistance, as they may be concerned about being judged and potentially impacting their medical licences. He speaks worldwide about physician health and physician suicide. He is the author of numerous books on this subject. Dr. Myers shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom: - listen to others carefully in your everyday journeys - smile to strangers - show up - be present - talk less, listen more - be kind - be sensitive with your language to others and even yourself - for example, some individuals are more comfortable with the term "condition" than illness or disorder - let's try to show respect for individuals who are suffering or have suffered, as they have the determination and fortitude to get better Dr. Myers is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and immediate past Vice-Chair of Education and Director of Training in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated in medicine from the University of Western Ontario in 1966 and did residencies at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Wayne State University (Detroit General Hospital), and the University of British Columbia. Since completing his residency training in 1973 and until June 2008, he taught half-time at the University of British Columbia and was in private practice half-time in Vancouver. He is board certified in Psychiatry by both the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Myers is the author or co-author of eight books: Why Physicians Die By Suicide: Lessons Learned From Their Families and Others Who Cared (Amazon 2017); The Physician As Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals (with Glen Gabbard, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2008); Touched By Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss (With Carla Fine, Gotham/Penguin Books, New York, 2006); The Handbook of Physician Health (with Larry Goldman and Leah Dickstein, American Medical Association, Chicago, 2000); Intimate Relationships in Medical School: How to Make Them Work (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA, 2000); How’s Your Marriage? A Book for Men and Women (American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 1998); Doctors’ Marriages: A Look at the Problems and Their Solutions (Second Edition, Plenum, New York, 1994); Men and Divorce (Guilford, New York, 1989). http://www.michaelfmyers.com/ https://twitter.com/crazysocks4docs tags:  Dr, Doctor, Physician, Michael, Myers, clinical, phychiatry, behavioral, science, SUNY, downstate, medical, center, NY, author, suicide, mental, health, heal, loss, illness, prevention, storiesthatempower.com, stories that empower, empowering stories, empowerment stories, stories of empowerment, stories of empowering others, self empowerment stories, stories empower, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, uplift, uplifting, upliftment, hope, light, Sean

In Part 2 of Questionable Drug Testing, host Dr. Kernan Manion continues an amazing conversation with Dr. Michael Langan, author of the blog DisruptedPhysician.com. Michael has intensively studied the PHP (physician health program) movement and its 47 state programs' use of inappropriate alcohol biomarker drug testing in assessing physicians referred for the question of substance abuse-related occupational impairment. The EtG urine test as well as others routinely used by PHPs are known to produce false positive results. Use of these tests in such a forensic environment was strongly advised against by SAMHSA, the US Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, specifically because such alcohol biomarker tests were KNOWN to have a very problematic incidence of false positivity. However, these test results are still routinely being used to mandate compliance with PHP's incontestable diagnosis of definitive alcohol abuse and its “recommendation” to the medical board (MLB) that the physician immediately cease practice and go to a PHP-network facility out-of-state at exorbitant cost under threat of loss of license and public humiliation. These tests were never intended to answer the question of “occupational impairment” or even to establish a diagnosis of “substance dependence,” and yet PHPs portray as much to the MLB and to the rights-deprived physician and his/her counsel who naively accept this as established scientific proof. The physician is deprived of any recourse to contest. As presented, there would be little doubt that such a knowingly wrongful process is equivalent to fraudulent diagnosis. The consequences for the wrongfully charged physician are dire. (Due to the length of the original interview and its immense importance, the podcast was divided into two separate podcasts. This is Part 2.) If you're a physician, physician's counsel or simply interested in a deeper exploration of the specifics of the ill-advised use of such tests, the harms that may ensue and potential approaches to confronting this wrongdoing, be sure to visit [https://www.physicianrights.net/drugtestwebinar] to be notified of our upcoming free live webinar specifically devoted to more deeply understanding these harmful practices and what you can do to defend your rights. We'll send you the Zoom webinar and Facebook Live logistics as soon as they're finalized. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/support

Host Dr. Kernan Manion talks with Dr. Michael Langan, an internist / geriatrician formerly with Mass General Hospital and now a consultant, researcher and author of the blog DisruptedPhysician.com. Michael has intensively studied the PHP (physician health program) movement and its state programs' use of highly questionable drug testing in assessing physicians referred for the presence of substance abuse related impairment. He reveals that one or more of the urine tests routinely used by PHPs are known to produce false positive results. Further, use of these tests in a forensic environment was strongly advised against by SAMHSA, the US Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, specifically because such alcohol biomarker tests were known to have a very problematic incidence of false positivity (due to high sensitivity but low specificity). Worse, these test results were then being used to mandate compliance with PHP's “recommendation” to the medical board (MLB) that the physician immediately cease practice and go to a PHP-network facility out-of-state at exorbitant cost under threat of loss of license and public humiliation. And these tests were never designed as an assessment of “impairment” or “substance dependence,” and yet this is what the PHP is portraying to the MLB and to the rights-deprived physician and his/her counsel. Worse, once accused, due to a complete absence of due process, the physician is deprived of any recourse to contest. (Due to the length of the interview and its importance, the podcast was divided into two separate podcasts. This is Part 1.) If you're a physician, physician's counsel or simply interested in a deeper exploration of the specifics of the ill-advised use of such tests, the harms that may ensue and potential approaches to confronting this wrongdoing, be sure to visit [https://www.physicianrights.net/drugtestwebinar] to be notified of our upcoming free live webinar specifically devoted to more deeply understanding these harmful practices and what you can do to defend your rights. We'll send you the Zoom webinar and Facebook Live logistics as soon as they're finalized. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/support

Excited to give you a heads up about an upcoming podcast on Physician Interrupted. Confronting Questionable Drug Testing in PHPs. Very pleased to have as my guest expert Dr. Michael Langan who's extensively studied the use of highly suspect alcohol biomarkers in PHPs. What he reveals is that not only are there very serious questions about the appropriateness of these tests for PHP intake screening purposes, their false positive rate may be wrongfully sending physicians to costly in-network evaluation and treatment centers. Worse, it appears the PHPs and the medical boards know these tests are both known to produce false positives and their use has in fact repeatedly been strongly advised against by at least one federal health agency. Dr. Langan suggests that what we're really looking at is a massive scheme of intentionally fraudulent diagnosis. This will be one you don't want to miss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kernan-manion/support

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'The Practitioner Health Programme' - why do anaesthetists suffer from mental health problems, what help is there available for them? Learn here how people in that profession are uniquely placed to deal with the inevitable pressures related to healthcare. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service.

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Addressing Provider Wellness and Resilience   Evaluation and Credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MedChat8   Target Audience             This activity is targeted toward internal medicine, family medicine and all specialties.   Statement of Need A 2015 Mayo Clinic study found that more than half of U.S. doctors experience at least one symptom of burnout, and dissatisfaction has significantly worsened in recent years. Physician stress and burnout can impact the quality of patient care as well as a physicians' own health and well-being. It is important for physicians to recognize the symptoms of burnout and to identify strategies/habits to promote resilience and work-life balance. Objectives At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to: Discuss the contributing factors and symptoms of burnout. Describe strategies / resources to address clinician burnout and resilience.   Moderator James Jennings, M.D. Executive Medical Director, Adult Primary Care Director, Provider Wellbeing Norton Healthcare   Speaker Paul F. DeChant, M.D., MBA, FAAFP Deputy Chief Health Officer IBM Watson Health   Moderator, Speaker and Planner Disclosures  The moderator, speaker and planners for this activity have no potential or actual conflicts of interest to disclose.   Commercial Support  This activity has not received commercial support.     Physician Credits   American Medical Association Accreditation Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   Designation Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.     Date of Original Release | November 2019 Course Termination Date | December 2020 Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical Education; (502) 446-5955 or cme@nortonhealthcare.org   Resources for Additional Study     Paul DeChant, Diane W. Shannon, Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine, CreateSpace Indepdent Publishing Platform, 2016, http://www.pauldechantmd.com/preventing-physician-burnout/   Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia, Everybody Matters:  The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, Penguin Random House LLC, 2015, https://www.everybodymattersbook.com/   Brenda K. Wiederhold, et. al., Intervention for Physician Burnout:  A Systematic Review, De Gruyter, Open Med. 2018; 13:  253-263   Hilary McClaffety, M.D., FAAO, et. al. Physician Health and Wellness, American Academy of Pediatrics, Volume 134, Number 4, October 2014, pp. 830-835   Mark Linzer, M.D., et. al., 10 Bold Steps to Prevent Burnout in General Internal Medicine, J Gen Intern Med 29(1):18–20, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2597-8   P. West, et. al., Physician Burnout: Contributors, Consequences and Solutions, Journal of Internal Medicine, Journal of Internal Medicine, 2018, 283; 516–529    

Why do anaesthetists suffer from mental health problems, what help is there available for them? Learn here about 'The Practitioner Health Programme' and hear why anaesthetists are uniquely placed to deal with the inevitable pressures related to healthcare and how they can become leaders, helping to destigmatise and tackle mental health issues. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service.

Elizabeth Hughes joins us on The Authors Unite Show! This episode is brought to you by Authors Unite. Authors Unite provides you with all the resources you need to become a successful author. You can learn more about Authors Unite here: https://authorsunite.com/ Thank you for listening to The Authors Unite Show! Tyler --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorsunite/support

'The Practitioner Health Programme' - why do anaesthetists suffer from mental health problems, what help is there available for them? Learn here how people in that profession are uniquely placed to deal with the inevitable pressures related to healthcare. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service.

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Why do anaesthetists suffer from mental health problems, what help is there available for them? Learn here about 'The Practitioner Health Programme' and hear why anaesthetists are uniquely placed to deal with the inevitable pressures related to healthcare and how they can become leaders, helping to destigmatise and tackle mental health issues. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, March 18th, 2018. Geoff Diehl and Jeffrey Sanchez joined us for our political round table. Charlie Sennott, WGBH news analyst and CEO of The GroundTruth Project, joined us to discuss the response to last week’s shootings in New Zealand. We spoke with medical ethicist Art Caplan about the prevalence of suicide among medical professionals. Corby Kummer, a senior editor at The Atlantic, joined us to discuss how similar tactics used to sell tobacco are used to market sugary beverages to children. We opened up our phone lines to ask for our listeners’ reactions to last week's shootings in New Zealand. Reverend Irene Monroe joined us to share her thoughts on the college admissions scandal. We spoke with television and pop culture expert Bob Thompson about what he watched on TV last week.

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In this episode, we celebrate the arrival of the first woman physician in Congress, Dr. Kim Schrier.   Woo hooooo!!!   As well as celebrating  over 100 women now representing us in congress (127 to be exact; 102 in the House and 25 in the Senate).    We also ask you to consider looking for opportunities.  There are many places where you may feel powerless but may be able to start to take back your power.   References Shanafelt TD, Dyrbye LN, West CP. Addressing Physician Burnout: The Way Forward. JAMA. 2017;317(9):901–902. Shanafelt, Tait D. et al.  Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014.  Mayo Clinic Proceedings , Volume 90 , Issue 12 , 1600 - 1613. West CP, Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD. (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA). Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions (Review). J Intern Med2018; 283: 516–529. Tait Shanafelt video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rFduk1xqM   Physician Wellness Opportunities Chief Wellness Officer course.  Application deadline January 20, 2019. http://wellmd.stanford.edu/center1/cwocourse.html   American Conference on Physician Health. (AMA-Mayo-Stanford).  Sept 19-21, 2019. Abstract deadline March 29.  https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/american-conference-physician-health-2019   AAFP Physician Health and Wellbeing conference. June 5 - 8, 2019.  Phoenix, AZ.  https://www.aafp.org/events/fpwb-conf.html   Other Stanford WellMD opportunities https://wellmd.stanford.edu/connected/classes-cme.html        

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The pressures of being an anaesthetist are difficult to discuss for some, this conversation might be the start of that for you or a colleague. The message is clear; practitioners are human and they must ask for help if they need it. This piece is taken from a longer piece to be found here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/rcoa-05-if-youre-struggling-seek-help/ Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service. Share your thoughts with us: contact@topmedtalk.com

Why do anaesthetists suffer from mental health problems, what help is there available for them? Learn here about The Practitioner Health Programme and hear why anaesthetists are uniquely placed to deal with the inevitable pressures related to healthcare and how they can become leaders, helping to destigmatise and tackle mental health issues. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, Physician Health, Practitioner Health Service. Share your thoughts with us: contact@topmedtalk.com

Social media mis-use by physicians is a new area for intervention by professional health services.

What can help reduce work-related stress and the danger it poses to providers and their patients?