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 Continue reading Doctors, even more tips to manage your time
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Are you an overworked doctor who has put aside many of the joys of life because you have been striving for years to reach the pinnacle of the medical profession wherever or whatever you perceive that to be? You have had years of studying Medicine, designing and carrying out and then writing up medical research projects so that your name can be listed amongst the good and the great doctors, yet something seems to be missing from your life. You have gradually come to the realisation that there is more to life than Medicine and yet may be feeling guilty about even having that thought. What is it about the culture of Medicine which means that many doctors, believe that everything else in life must take second place to progression in your speciality? Yet there is a dilemma here: senior doctors who have lived this sort of life and don’t want to admit any regrets maintain that in order to be the best medical specialist you need to devote the majority of your time to working as a doctor and learning in and about your chosen medical speciality. Continue reading Doctor, take time for yourself…. 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. Continue reading Why doctors need more balance in their lives 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 Continue reading 5 Ways to be a doctor and have a life Here are the golden rules to follow to have better work life balance. Create boundaries and do your very best to keep to them. However hard you try you can’t be perfect you can only be as good as you can be. That means learning when to stop and when Continue reading Golden rules for a better work-life balance Would you like to find out how to relax more often and as a result be a more effective doctor? Some days the work seems overwhelming. As soon as you finish with one thing there is another patient to see, another phone call to answer and another Continue reading Tips on how to be a more effective doctor Take a look around your ‘personal space,’ your desk, your office, your incoming letters, your piles of things needing to be done. Or perhaps your eyes might be drawn to your clothes where you keep them, what you do with them when they need a wash, what you do with them when they are clean; where you store your shoes, coats, umbrella, suitcases? [...] Expectations about what is likely to happen in a certain situation can lead to frustration and unhappiness for you as a busy doctor. Perhaps you are feeling very cross because someone hasn’t done something you’d expected them to do. You hadn’t actually told them what you wanted from them and yet you believed they would know instinctively what it is you want from them. Do you recognise this scenario? Continue reading Expectations of a busy doctor: real or imagined? When you are stressed and angry or frustrated about a situation you may forget about the various self help methods for stress management. Anyway most of them won’t be practical to do in the actual moment when the stress is happening. Exercise can help tremendously but not always a practical thing to start running away from a situation. No, exercise is something to do in an ongoing way. 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. Continue reading What is coaching? |
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