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05/15/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How to Ensure Physician Wellness Programs are NOT Like Lipstick on a Pig

In her KevinMD.com article entitled “Physician wellness programs are lipstick on a pig” Linda Drozdowicz, MD argues that physician wellness programs

05/10/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Maintenance of Certification, Aging, & Our Patients

An article published in the Harvard Business Review set out to answer the question: “do doctors get worse as they get older?” With an aging population

04/25/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Training and Leading Physicians for the Fight Against Moral Injury

Note: This is part two of an ongoing blog series on burnout vs. moral injury. In the first installment, we learned that almost no one wins in our

03/21/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How HPDE Helps Me Be a Better Surgeon

This guest blog was written by Dr. Lora Melman. My journey for continual learning started in medical school and pushed me through my surgical

02/28/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Make Time for Wellness During Conference Season

If you are like me and many of the physicians I know, you’re often attending conferences in spring and fall. Travel can be stressful and often we

02/21/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How to Help Recognize the Signs of Burnout

It is well known these days that burnout is a widespread point of discussion in the medical community – especially among surgeons. As much as we talk

02/07/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Burnout vs. Moral Injury – And the Winner Is …

Note: This is part one of an ongoing blog series on burnout vs. moral injury. This first installment dives into moral injury as a concept and how it

01/31/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Weaponized Praise Does Harm in Healthcare

Weaponized praise is an unfortunately common tactic used by many leaders and administrators in the healthcare industry to manipulate physicians and

01/25/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Reflecting on the Power of Coaching

This past weekend SurgeonMasters hosted its inaugural coaching conference, Harnessing the Power of Surgeon Coaching. It was a great opportunity to