Broken Beggars …
Living (2022) is a film adapted from Kurosawa’s Ikiru (1952), itself inspired by Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich … read the complete review here …
The Hours …
… this opera is an immersive portrayal of depression, grief, trauma, loss, and suicide of three different women in different eras and locations in which we learn, and experience what many of our own friends, family, and patients go through.
Severance …
… a genre defying series that enables us to see a contemporary cultural construct — work-life balance — from new and different vantage points.
joy in our work …
Identifying and building on the joy in our work is a very effective wellness intervention. Reading the short pieces below may help you respond to these themes … 1. What brings you joy in your work? … What matters to you? … When are you ‘in flow’? 2. What are the pebbles in your shoe?
When we find ourselves doing things we don’t feel right about …
There are a wealth of resources in the Clinician Wellbeing chapter in the ACP Covid Physician’s Guide. Of pertinence for many of us right now … as the pandemic continues with little short-term end in sight … are the sections on moral injury and communication. Resource shortages are frequently at the root of this moral
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a great physician dies …
Jack Geiger recently died … we watched his “Out in the Rural” during our block on structural inequities in health care.
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on delayed gratification …
W.H. Auden’s As I Walked Out One Evening … among other themes, Auden is speaking to delayed gratification … seemingly epidemic among physicians … ‘O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time …
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some health disparities resources …
Brandon McCray: Beloved Preacher by Mark Wiebe in Kansas Leadership Center Journal. The story of a Black Kansan who died of Covid-19 and his community’s response. JAMA/Sandro Galea introduction to health inequities with emphasis re the current pandemic. JAMA/Yancy on health inequities with emphasis on African Americans. JAMA/Berwick piece on the moral determinants of health.
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Simone Weil on attentive presence …
The capacity to give one’s attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough. In the first legend of the Grail, it is
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peer coaching …
A couple of weeks ago we discussed the importance of friendships at work. In this piece, former surgeon general Vivek Murthy discusses our epidemic of loneliness (made worse I’m sure by the pandemic). Peer coaching is a great way to begin to address this. Find a colleague you trust and start talking with them. What