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02/11/2021 jeffsmithmd

Very Good to Great

How High Performers Get Even Better When Tom Brady was taken in the 6th round of the NFL draft, no one thought he would one day be considered the

01/27/2021 jeffsmithmd

Practice Makes Perfect

As the old saying goes...practice makes perfect. Nahhhh. I don’t actually believe that. But I do strongly believe in PRACTICE. Let

01/13/2021 Muyibat Adelani MD

Wellness While Underrepresented

Being different requires a lot of energy. As a Black woman in orthopaedic surgery, I put a lot of effort into figuring out how to navigate the spaces

12/22/2020 jeffsmithmd

What Coaching Has Meant To Me

Don’t read any further if you think life is predictable. (Don’t read any further if you already know what I am going to say.) Other than

12/09/2020 Ryan Will MD

Coaching Skills Deserve a Piece of Our Mind

As a practicing orthopaedic surgeon, I still have a membership to the American Medical Association. As part of that membership, I receive the Journal

11/18/2020 Gregory Brown MD PhD

Coaching and Power Dynamics in Medicine

In Coaching vs. Mentoring, Dr. Muyibat Adelani makes several important distinctions between coaching and mentoring. She notes “mentors are typically

10/28/2020 jeffsmithmd

What Is Your Peer Support Bat Signal?

The “Bat Signal” was introduced in 1942’s Detective Comics #60 as a way for the police in Gotham City to call on the superhero, Batman. Throughout the

10/15/2020 Muyibat Adelani MD

Coaching vs Mentoring

Most of us are familiar with mentoring from our own training experiences. Through medical school, residency, fellowship, and even in practice, many of

09/30/2020 Ryan Will MD

Reflecting on Suicide Prevention Month

Like many of us, I have been directly impacted by physician suicide. In just the last three weeks, two physicians have died by suicide in my