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Doctors, even more tips to manage your time

Susan Kersley — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:38 +0000

Doctors you can manage your time even more if you follow these tips: 1. Be clear about what has to be done each day. Until you know your schedule for the day, which clinics, ward rounds, visits, and which patients have to be seen

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Why doctors need more balance in their lives

Susan Kersley — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:12:15 +0000

Years ago when doctors worked for more than a hundred hours a week they expected to sleep eat and breathe Medicine. They had little expectation of any life beyond the wards, the operating theatre and the clinics. Those who couldn’t deal with this way of life were considered to be rather weak and probably not suited to the medical profession. On the other hand those who appeared to cope with the long hours and the lack of sleep were branded as good and dedicated doctors, somewhat admired and considered to be role models.

At that time there were very few female doctors. Those that survived the arduous training either gave up the idea of family life unless they employed full time nanny and housekeeper to deal with whatever was going on at home during the long hours they were at work.

Nowadays things have changed: doctors work shorter hours, there are more female doctors, both men and women would like to be involved in the lives of their children and families and also have time for outside interests such as sport or music.

But this isn’t yet commonplace. There is still the tendency for doctors to work long hours, put medical demands before those of their own needs for rest and relaxation and above those of their family and friends for some social time.

Here are the reasons why it is vitally important to improve your work life balance so that you don’t spend so much of your time and energy involved in work and very little if any, doing things for yourself, and spending time with partner, family and friends too.

1. There is more to life than Medicine

When you are so busy it’s easy to believe that nothing else matters.

2. Your health and well-being will suffer if you only do Medicine and very little else.

Everyone including you needs some time for your persona batteries to re-charge. If you don’t then you become more at risk of stress related illnesses.

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What does success mean for you, doctor?

Susan Kersley — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:02:36 +0000

Have you ever stopped for a moment and thought about how you identify ‘success’?

You may wonder whether to consider ‘success as a doctor,’ ‘success as expected by your family and friends’ or ‘success encompassing your life as a whole’ as defined by you.

You may be living your life to attain one of these meanings of success while really wishing to move to one of the others, or may find that you fluctuate from one to another depending on who you talk to and how you feel at the time.

If you have been focused entirely on your medical work to the detriment of other aspects of your life then perhaps it’s time to become more aware that success can include all aspects of your life, not only Medicine.

Many doctors strive to get to the top of their speciality and yet have an un-fulfilling personal life. You may have been encouraged to neglect your personal interests and direct all of your energy and most of your time to achievement in your chosen speciality only to fond that eventually that might be all you have left in your life.

For many doctors finding a balance between work and the rest of life can be a dilemma and a constant challenge.

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5 Ways to be a doctor and have a life

Susan Kersley — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:46:07 +0000

Being a doctor means living a busy life but if medical work has taken you over you may wonder if it could be possible to be a doctor and have a life away from Medicine too? If you are becoming increasingly frustrated at the way your work

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Coaching is useful for doctors

Susan Kersley — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:00:42 +0000

Coaching is useful for doctors because doctors are highly intelligent people, self-motivated and self-sufficient’ However when they consider talking about a challenge in their life with someone, they very often think it shows a sign of weakness. But if they feel stuck in a rut and, even when they know

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What is coaching?

Susan Kersley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:13:37 +0000

Coaching is a process which enables people to be more fulfilled in their personal and professional lives. Are you really clear what is important for your life? There is no right or wrong answer to this question. You can do what you feel drawn towards rather than what someone else has told you that you should do. Recognise that life is for living now rather than in some theoretical time in the future.

Coaching can be a useful tool to increase your commitment for change and increase your motivation.

What is coaching? was first posted on March 17, 2010 at 2:13 pm.
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Time management tip: to-do list

Susan Kersley — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:55:20 +0000

Time management is one of the challenges of modern day living. One way to organise your time more effectively is by writing down your to-do list.

Notice I used the words: ‘write down.’ Some people believe so long as you keep what needs to be done in your head you can easily get everything done.

But you know that doesn’t always work, does it? You reach the end of the day and suddenly remember who you were supposed to contact or what task you were supposed to have done.

So, train yourself to follow a new habit and

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Get things done

Susan Kersley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:44:02 +0000

Sometimes you may feel as if you are being consumed by all the things you have to do: as if “Medicine’ is eating you up! If you have a long list of things you want to get done on your ‘to do’ list, which never seems to

Get things done was first posted on November 30, 2009 at 5:44 am.
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