Joy in Family Medicine – Stories & Reflections
Lessons, lightbulb moments, and honest reflections from life inside and outside medicine - served with a side of perspective.
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Where Does the Time Go?
Monday was one of those days: meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting. Seriously. Plus no space between them. One room to another, to virtual, back to the other room. No space to do a quick prep review before any but the first.
There was no time to process what we'd just discussed, thin...
by Dr. Tonya Caylor —
Sep 25, 2026
access
administration
appointments
boundaries
burnout
calendars
capacity
care coordination
complexity
documentation
efficiency
follow-up
fte
healthcare
healthcare systems
inbox
leadership
medicine
meetings
messaging
patient care
physician wellbeing
physicians
preparation
primary care
productivity
reflection
resilience
resources
scheduling
staffing
sustainability
systems change
teamwork
technology
time
transition
work-life balance
workflow
workload
Learning As We Go
We’re in the thick of our Washington build, and I’ve lost count of how many times the plan has had to change on a dime.
Not many major ones. But what feels like a near-constant set of pivots. Inspection corrections. New ideas. The domino effect of one decision making another no longer feasible.
A...
by Dr. Tonya Caylor —
Apr 24, 2026
adaptability
adjustment
ai
awareness
balance
change
coaching
cognition
consistency
decision making
development
education
efficiency
flexibility
framework
future
growth
improvement
innovation
insight
iteration
leadership
learning
medicine
mindset
planning
problem solving
progress
reasoning
reflection
residency
resilience
skills
strategy
teaching
technology
thinking
transformation
Joy in Family Medicine – Stories & Reflections