is an executive coach
for physicians at
TheHappyMD.com
balance and remaining eternally stressed.
sodifficultfordoctorsisthemissing`Off'
switchinourprogramming.Overalong
period of time we are so thoroughly trained
tobe`On'asadoctorthatthisprogramming
can dominate our entire lives by running
continuously, both at work and at home.
couldn't wait to finish up with your last
patient and get out of the office. You thank
your lucky stars you aren't on call tonight but
on the way home the hassles of the day keep
repeating themselves in an endless loop in
your mind.
wagging its tail. You flop down at the dinner
tape in your head just keeps on running. Your
eyes are open, you are looking right at your
family as they talk and you realise you are
simply not there.
Kowalski and if you told your partner on call
about Mr Yee's delirium the last time he was
in the hospital.
practice clinical medicine. Along the way you
were conditioned to be a workaholic, emotion-
free, superhero-like Lone Ranger. These skills
and programming work very well to produce
an effective and efficient doctor but they were
never intended to be used outside of the clinic
or hospital.