Browsing: Wellness

Wellness , Workplace , COVID-19

Why Doctors Can't Get the Help They Need

2/4/2021 Evelyn Huang, MD

Imagine you have a patient who reports symptoms of depression. After ruling out other causes, you turn to treatment that addresses their mental health and any underlying psychiatric illness - but you

Wellness , COVID-19

The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves: I Am Not Stressed

2/4/2021 Lauren Fisher, MD

Physician suicide was already double the national average pre-COVID. Before social isolation, before PPE fatigue, before our jobs became even harder. One of the biggest problems with stress is that we

Editor's Forum , Wellness , COVID-19

New Vaccines: Feat of Medicine

2/3/2021 Priyanka Lauber, DO

There has never been a time when a novel virus that ravaged the world was sequenced, studied, and understood down to its genetic makeup so quickly in the entire span of humanity's existence.

Career Planning , COVID-19 , Workplace

8 Tips to Finding a Job During a Global Pandemic

12/1/2020 Deena Khamees, MD

A pandemic has introduced the house of medicine to unprecedented numbers of hiring freezes, suspended bonuses, and scaled-back continuing medical education funds and stipends. Add to that looming cuts

Heart of EM , COVID-19 , Wellness

Heart of EM: I Answered

12/1/2020 Sharland Johnson, MD

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hospital bursting at the seams and patients growing sicker and sicker as they edged toward a lonely death, I answered.

Editor's Forum , Wellness

Celebrating New Beginnings

12/1/2020 Priyanka Lauber, DO

We all face changes every day — whether it is a simple change in the weather, our schedule, or expected change of seasons. Change affects us all, and we each deal with change differently.

Medical Education , Wellness

Brews and News: An Innovative, Resident-Driven Model for Wellness and Topical Discussions in an Emergency Medicine Residency

10/9/2020 Marc Cassone, DO , Michelle A. Appel, MD , Matthew B. Walton, MD , Chadd Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH

Resident-driven, extracurricular topical discussions can improve and support resident wellness in an emergency medicine (EM) residency. Geisinger Medical Center has developed an innovative, collaborat

Wellness , COVID-19

Positivity Amidst Pandemic

10/9/2020 Briana Corkill

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on life as we know it, and with that has come an overwhelming collective negativity. Although the damage that COVID-19 has done cannot be minimized, it makes it

Heart of EM , Wellness , Pediatric EM

Heart of EM: Coping with the Loss of a Pediatric Patient in the ED

10/9/2020 Lauren Van Woy, DO

As emergency physicians, we are trained to carry out complex tasks. We mentally rehearse, read, practice, and teach so that when difficult cases arise, we think clearly and concisely. We thrive in hec

Editor's Forum , COVID-19 , Wellness

#PetsOverCOVID19

10/9/2020 Priyanka Lauber, DO

COVID-19 has brought a lot of negatives and challenges, so I will look for and take a positive wherever I can find it. One bright note this year: Pet adoptions are on the rise as people realize the he

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