In this real-life coaching session, we walk Dr. Brit Long through building a framework to help navigate being overwhelmed during the middle part of an emergency department shift. Since this session, he has become more efficient, gotten home earlier on a consistent basis, lowered his stress level, felt less burnout, and experienced more joy in his career. 

Guest Bio

Brit Long is an assistant professor of emergency medicine in San Antonio, Texa, and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Content at emcdocs.net. He is one of the most published authors in the field of emergency medicine. In addition to that, he is a father of two and works in both academic and community settings.

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We Discuss: 

• The fundamental differences between the beginning, midpoint, and end of the shift
• Why mid-shift is so fraught
• What we usually do when feeling overwhelmed
• Why willpower will almost always fail as a sole strategy for keeping up with documentation
• The specific steps for navigating mid-shift overwhelm
• Early detection of overwhelm
• A mid-shift action plan
• How to keep up with documentation
• The real reason timely documentation is important
• Breaking through your comfort zone
• Brit’s plan for triaging tasks 
• Why deferring charts is so seductive and a slippery slope