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Psychological Fitness Foundations, Part 7 - Relatedness

This week, we are finally moving on in our series to the second key component for physicians' psychological health. Relatedne...

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Careers in Family Medicine: Key Takeaways (Part 2) Fulfillment and Joy

 

I’m continuing to reflect on the common themes that emerged from the first 15 stories in the Careers in Family Medicine se...

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Action Needed: Physician's Self-Prescription for the Wellbeing of Medicine

We are in a three-week series called Action Needed for the Wellbeing of Medicine. Last week we covered well-being from an org...

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Trusting your gut, hand-off bias, and building your 'why's'

I was a second-year resident on my pediatric emergency medicine month. I had worked enough shifts to become comfortable with ...

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