The Joy in Family Medicine Blog

Physician Coaching and Mentoring as a Core Faculty Member academic coaching core faculty mentor

We are in a series of blogs looking further into coaching and mentoring and how they differ. This week is intended for core f...

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Physician Coaching vs Mentoring, Clarifying the Roles in Academics academic coaching coach mentor role

Last week, I walked through personal reflections about mentoring vs. coaching from the perspective of a former core faculty m...

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Reflections on Mentoring and Coaching in Academics, A Coach's Perspective academics coach mentor

I’ve been thinking about writing on this topic for a while now. However, it wasn’t until a strategy coaching call (the initia...

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Retreat anyone? reflect rejuvenate rest retreat

Retreating – the act of withdrawing from the battle- can be a tactical move to recover, rest, renew and revise strategies. I ...

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An invitation to compare a better way compare and despair comparison

This week, we are going to visit the topic of comparisons.

Do you find that you often compare yourself when you look around,...

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Reflections in medicine to shift out of acting mode. authenticity performing reflections

This week I am offering some reflective thoughts to shift you out of actor/actress mode that we discussed last week and into ...

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Exit Stage Right, Helping Physicians Drop the Persona persona self-worth validation

The more I coach, the more I see a theme emerging. The theme of portraying a character that fits the mold, earns praise and i...

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Dr Una hosts me on her Doctor's Changing Medicine Podcast podcast

I am so honored to have been interviewed by Dr. Una on her Doctors Changing Medicine Podcast.

Take a Listen HERE

 

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Common Physician Thought Distortions, Overgeneralization cognitive errors thought distortion

We continue to look at common thought distortions affecting the entire population that do not spare us as a physician communi...

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Common Physician Thought Distortions, Jumping to Conclusions and Catastrophizing assumptions catastrohpizing cognitive error jumping to conclusion thought distortion

This week we are moving into what I classify as the assumption category of thought distortions. We will look at the first two...

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