SurgeonMasters Blog - Burnout Prevention & Surgeon Wellness Education

12/29/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Happy New Year! Looking Back While Keeping an Eye on the Future

At the end of the year, it’s important to look back and reflect. To examine our growth and successes, as well as our challenges. This blog will act as

12/14/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

PTSD Self-Care Tips! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 21

Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…This week, we are welcoming to the mini-podcast

12/08/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

5 Practices to Prevent Burnout in Your Workplace

There has been a lot of recent discussion about physician burnout. There has not been as much dialogue surrounding burnout among other hospital or

12/03/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Buddy System! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 20

Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…This week, we are welcoming to the mini-podcast

11/23/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

What is Thanksgiving?

Over the past 20 years or more of my life as a surgeon, I have spent many of them, if not most, in the hospital taking call, operating on injured

11/10/2017 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Why Burnout Rates Are Higher Among Female Surgeons

A recent article published in Modern Medicine discusses the prevalence of burnout among female physicians and why women doctors are more prone to work