Medscape Blogs - Lifestyle

• Work-Life Balance Is Achievable but Not Always It's important for any young person starting out on a medical career to know that there is no right way to achieve work-life balance.
  Medscape Blogs, November 29, 2022
• Four-Day Workweeks Work for Doctors Too Four-day workweeks are gaining popularity as we adjust to post-pandemic workplace changes. Though not new in medicine, if you are not already taking part in this trend, it may be worth checking out.
  Medscape Blogs, November 16, 2022
• How Expressing Creativity Will Make You a Better Doctor Physicians can benefit by using both sides of their brain -- on and off the job.
  Medscape Blogs, September 28, 2022
• How to Make the Best of Your Worst Reviews Physicians try hard to engage with patients but do not always succeed. Though patient reviews can occasionally provide helpful feedback, they also can be nonspecific and nonactionable.
  Medscape Blogs, September 23, 2022
• Your Focus Is Under Attack Attention and focus are in increasingly short supply both at work and at home. The reasons are both individual and societal -- and so are the solutions.
  Medscape Blogs, September 08, 2022
• Death Is Not an Alternate Universe, in Cancer or COVID-19 Oncology has something to teach us about our response to death and dying.
  Medscape Blogs, August 31, 2022
• Is America Really Ready for More Restrictive Abortion Access? After some reflection, there's one certainty about post-Roe America: More women will die if abortion access is restricted.
  Medscape Blogs, August 29, 2022
• It's Time to Take a Vacation Taking a vacation from medical practice can be challenging and easy to put off, but just like we tell our patients, it's important to rest and relax.
  Medscape Blogs, August 24, 2022
• Physicians Voices Are Needed in the Social Justice Space While our domains are hospitals and clinics, our medical expertise affords us a unique opportunity and obligation to enter the collective conversation about issues of social justice.
  Medscape Blogs, August 03, 2022
• AITA for Pointing Out That I'm the Expert on My Patient? A medical oncologist uses the popular AITA format to illustrate the ridiculous nature of insurance prior authorizations.
  Medscape Blogs, July 13, 2022
• Fill Your Bucket List With Ordinary Joys Patients facing their own mortality can be excellent teachers about what is important in life.
  Medscape Blogs, July 11, 2022
• Roe v Wade Reversal is Our Opportunity to Address the Issues The SCOTUS Roe v Wade decision compels physicians on both sides of the debate to join a national conversation to bring about solutions to the complex problems around abortion.
  Medscape Blogs, July 01, 2022
• Marathons Aren't Madness, They're Mindfulness for Me For me, running and racing has been a way to cope with the demands of residency.
  Medscape Blogs, June 23, 2022
• Is It a Physician's Job to Make Their Patients 'Happy?' In the wake of the murder of a physician by his patient, an oncologist reflects on difficult visits, mistreatment by patients and their family members, and what it is we owe our patients.
  Medscape Blogs, June 20, 2022
• Dear First-Year Me What to do when it all feels like too much and you start doubting yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, June 13, 2022
• A Good Doctor Must (A Poem) An oncologist utilizes poetry to reflect on what makes a "good doctor" in our current culture.
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2022
• The Inside Scoop From Your Medical Assistant A survey of clinic medical assistants reveals the top satisfiers and pet peeves in working with physicians.
  Medscape Blogs, May 31, 2022
• What It's Like to Be a Cancer Physician in America Our nation's culture of exceptionalism has set the stage. Belief in alternative theories is less distressing than facing the truth of our mortal condition.
  Medscape Blogs, May 25, 2022
• Being Mindful and Present With Patients: Challenges and Solutions We all know that we are supposed to be "in the moment," but that is hard to do in clinical practice. There are some tools that make it easier to be present with our patients.
  Medscape Blogs, May 04, 2022
• Physician Well-Being: 4 Strategies That Can Make a Difference Multiple initiatives are needed to improve physician well-being, including improving the professional environment, promoting professional relationships, and life mentorship.
  Medscape Blogs, April 22, 2022