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 […]
When we find ourselves doing things we don’t feel right about … Read More »
Jack Geiger recently died … we watched his “Out in the Rural” during our block on structural inequities in health care.
a great physician dies … Read More »
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 …
on delayed gratification … Read More »
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
Simone Weil on attentive presence … Read More »
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
