Resilience Archives - SurgeonMasters

03/08/2022 Ryan Will MD

Surviving Trauma with Choice

To some extent, we are all survivors of trauma. We can learn a great deal from those who have experienced trauma. To that end, I want to share a short

11/24/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

The Power of Gratitude – Reflection and Resources

I’ve been using the positive power of gratitude to improve my well-being. As with anything else in life, I’m getting better with practice. I haven’t

10/24/2021 Ryan Will MD

Improving Physician Resilience by Practicing Gratitude

An Orthopaedic giant, Freddie Fu MD, recently passed away. Many eloquent obituaries and remembrances have already been written. Dr Fu’s impact is

08/26/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-2

In Part 1 of this blog series about my recent surgery, I discussed how gaining a different perspective allowed me to change my mindset. Part 2 will

08/12/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-1

In July, I had low back surgery (a right L5 -S1 discectomy and bilateral L5-S1 laminoforaminotomies) which in some part was due to years of performing

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

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

07/15/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Redefining Physician Resilience

A recent study published in JAMA found that the physician population has higher resilience than the general population. We generally attribute a lack