SurgeonMasters Blog - Burnout Prevention & Surgeon Wellness Education

10/13/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Communication with Mutual Understanding

Now, I’ll be the FIRST to admit that checking into a place of mutual understanding isn’t always easy, as I was immediately offended for my colleague

10/06/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Improving Civility in Our Social Media

Communicating with mutual understanding—It’s not always easy but it IS important. Unfortunately, many of us have lost sight of that

09/30/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

If You Give a Surgeon a Cookie

It's Friday and I'm not a surgeon anymore. And I miss it every day and especially on Friday. My life is just the same as everyone's, but it's

09/06/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Published in American Urological Association News – October 2016

reprinted with permission in AAOS Now - September 2016 Reprinted with permission from AUANews, volume 21, issue 10, 2016; © American Urological

09/02/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Energy Leadership for a Surgeon

A few year’s ago, I had a very successful surgical practice, but I was not happy that doctors were losing control of how best to care for patients. I

07/17/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

The Jeff Smith Time-Out: It is NOT a Checklist!

The term "Time-Out" means different things to different people, but to Surgeons it means something specific. Surgical

07/04/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Declaration of Independence

Three years ago, I declared my independence from burnout. Monday is when our country celebrates the Declaration of Independence authored by Thomas

06/06/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Surgeons Be Brave: Say What You Want to Say

As a surgeon, your training probably didn’t prioritize “communication”—you learned how to save lives and heal bodies, not how to verbalize thoughts,

05/04/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

The Benefits of Planning for Failure

As surgeons, we are required to plan for failure in the operating room. We need to be aware of everything that could possibly go wrong, so we know how