Blog Archives - Page 6 of 17

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 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

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

10/28/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

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

09/17/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Start Having Difficult Conversations About Physician Suicide

Today, September 17th, is National Physician Suicide Prevention Day and September is National Suicide Prevention Month. While many of us tend to avoid

09/09/2020 susan-wilson-md

How Peer Support Helps Physicians Experiencing Second Victim Syndrome

Wow... The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone, especially those of us in healthcare. Our way of practicing medicine has been changed - some would

08/18/2020 Ryan Will MD

Coaching Skills Create Stronger Patient Connections

Due to Covid-19, we’re all learning new ways of doing things. For many physicians, that has meant diving head first into telehealth. But navigating