In this "Med Life with Dr. Horton" podcast, Dr. Jillian Horton chats with Dr. Christine Sinsky about joy, purpose, and meaning in work as a physician.Dr. Horton and Dr. Sinsky discuss the following:- how to find efficiencies and rethink daily tasks to make more time for what is most valuable and most enjoyable- psychological hurdles to implementing change- studies about joy in practice - how an individual can reconnect with what brings them joy- the concept of practice redesign- macro- or system-level changes to help with efficiencies- and much moreDr. Christine Sinsky is an internist and is vice president of professional satisfaction at the American Medical Association. Dr. Jillian Horton is a general internist and director of the Alan Klass health humanities program at the Max Rady college of medicine in Winnipeg, Manitoba.For more of her podcasts or for the Dear Dr. Horton column: www.cmaj.ca/medlifePodcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-191400---------The opinions stated in this podcast are made in a personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect those of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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