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114. An Insider’s Guide to Medical Malpractice | Why the US system is so peculiar and how to navigate the morass

The specter of medical malpractice lawsuits looms large for many clinicians, but according to Mark Brown, MD, JD, this anxiety may be disproportionate to the actual risk. In this discussion, we explore the contrasting nature of law and medicine, the ...

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111. Does Private Equity Belong in Medicine?

What’s the impact of private equity’s increasingly large footprint in medicine? The results so far have not been promising. We dissect: what is private equity, the recent bankruptcy of the largest emergency medicine staffer in the US and how that ...

109. Is Your Identity Holding You Back?

We wear many hats in life, and one of them can become disproportionately large: our professional identity. Don’t get me wrong, being a physician is amazing and the associated identity is imbued with meaning and purpose. The challenge comes when ...

107. The Power of Lightly Held Beliefs

Investigative journalist Scott Carney is our guest as we dive into: Why you might want to consider getting in cold water, the technique for staying in cold water for more than a few seconds, how to take your first step ...

105. How Do You Decide What to Say Yes or No to? This coaching session finds the answer for one doctor

How do you make important decisions? Do you go by your gut, some sort of defined process, or perhaps a combination of the two? When we're offered an opportunity to participate in something that seems amazing, it’s almost always associated ...

103. How to Have a Nearly Perfect Shift

How often do you walk into work hoping it will be a good day or at least not a bad one? What if it didn’t matter what happened and the good/bad was entirely in your control? In today’s episode, Christina ...

101. Being In-Between

Transitions, by their nature, involve ambiguity and disorientation. It's important to recognize that this zone is a natural part of the process of growth and change. In this episode we break down the nature of the being in a transitional/liminal ...

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98. How to recover from a horrible, rotten, no-good shift

Have you ever had a day at work that was so difficult and draining, it felt like it took a toll on your entire being? You're not alone. Meet Dr. Sara Gray, an expert in wellness, resilience, and resuscitation team ...

96.5 The curious case of Zithromax and viral respiratory infections

When you have a patient who requests a Z-pack for what is almost certainly an acute viral respiratory infection, you probably respond internally or externally (possibly both) that antibiotics do not treat viruses. But could there be some effect on ...

95. A Disability Insurance Deep Dive

Our guest today is Dr. Stephanie Pearson, founder and CEO of Pearson Ravitz, an insurance advisory firm that specializes in disability and life insurance for healthcare professionals. In this episode we break down disability insurance start to finish: what to ...

93. Five Sleep Tools We've Tested and Like

In a follow up to our episode on sleep, we break down five sleep tools we’ve tested, like, and are still using. For many of you, sleep can be a fraught landscape. This is doubly true if you are doing ...

92. Strategies for Shift Endurance

It’s a tough time to practice medicine right now, which makes paying attention to self care even more important. In this episode we break down three specific strategies for: improving mental and physical performance, sustaining shift endurance, and building a ...

90. The Dalai Lama’s Doctor Has a Prescription for You

Barry Kerzin, MD, the Dalai Lama’s personal physician, is back to dive deeper into: the difference between empathy and compassion, why compassion (versus empathy) is a critical aspect of medical care, generating self compassion, and answers to listener email. Episode ...

88. Peak Ending

What happens at the end of an event can disproportionately impact our perception and memory of it. In this episode, we investigate the research behind the peak end pattern and how you can use this phenomenon to improve your own ...

86. Mastering Workflow and Overwhelm

Specific strategies to improve workflow and manage overwhelm during an emergency department shift. Guest Bio: Landon Mueller, MD is an emergency physician and fellowship trained sports medicine specialist who gave the best talk I’ve ever seen on managing workflow in ...

84. A Look Inside Ketamine Clinics (and how to start your own)

An inside look at what it takes to launch a ketamine clinic including: first steps, navigating hurdles, potential pitfalls, which patients benefit from ketamine, and an exhortation about why you should (and shouldn’t) go into this type of business. For ...

82. Letter to My Future Self

Have you ever had a situation where afterward you repeatedly questioned the choice you made at the time? You chewed on it, perseverated on it, kept coming back to it? If you are a clinician, there is an amplifier to ...

81. Medical Ethics in the Heat of the Moment

Medical Ethicist Abbott, MD walks us through her perspectives on myriad ethical quandaries including: How to approach discordance between a patient's written wishes and a family member who says do the opposite, the ethics of operating on demented patients who ...

79. Sleepytime with Dr. Mike Stone

Sleep expert Mike Stone, MD joins us for a conversation about how to sleep well (and strategies to do it poorly!) We cover: how sleep cleans your brain, alcohol, caffeine, a pragmatic approach to wearables, light exposure, the villainy of ...

77. Tiny Habits

Habit change doesn’t have to be grand, spectacular, or a massive shift all at once. In fact, it may be better to start small, tiny, you might say. In this episode, Scott Weingart and I break down the methodology from ...

75. Hot Debriefing

Finding time to debrief challenging or difficult cases can feel nearly impossible amidst the tumult and task saturation of medical practice. The reality, however, is that it’s a necessity, not a nicety. In this episode, emergency physician Stuart Rose and ...

73. The Value (and pitfalls) of Signout Culture with Mike Weinstock MD

There is no doubt that handing over care of a patient to another clinician is potentially fraught with peril. After all, it’s in the transitional moments when error is most likely to occur. But there’s a balance to strike here ...

71. Rebalancing Your Life Using Design Thinking

A book I recommend to many coaching clients is “Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. I’ve even had a client use a several month coaching engagement specifically to focus on the exercises in the book. What makes ...