#doc-resilient

Okay, headspace, but you clearly haven’t heard of medicine and medical education...

Jokes aside, this concept is something I struggle with. I like to think I’m doing better. 

Patient: *recovers*

Patient: thank you, doctor, for everyth—

Burntout Doctor: oh thank god

Burntout Doctor: finally

Burntout Doctor: I really needed this

1.

“Practice is personal, results are not.”

...to being a board-certified physician. 😉

Physician wellness and mental health, particularly in medical education, is not a topic I thought I would be passionate about but somehow during my training, it happened. (Long story.) 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In honor of this month, I would like to post some content covering topics affecting physicians’ mental health and the health system.

All discussion and more content shares welcome!

1.  MEDICAL ERROR AND TALKING ABOUT IT Y’ALL

TedX: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that? (Time: 20 min)

you come to the hospital in the morning to see your patients. you say good morning to the housestaff, ask about overnight events. they are surprised, weren’t you just here? yes. yes, you were. you were here. you’ve always been here.

it is time for you to do the very important medicine reconciliation. you ask the patient. they say they don’t know, you should have the list. you ask the staff for the list. there is no list, but they reassure you it’s updated. you look on the EMR, the updated med list has no dosages. you ask the patient for their pharmacy. you call the pharmacy. there is no record of your patient. 

you need a stat lab. the blood gets to the lab. it’s hemolyzed. you get it sent again. it’s hemolyzed. third time’s the charm? your patient has no more veins.

you have managed your patient. you have a plan. you just need to run this by a consultant. you call a consultant. the phone rings for eternity.

there, you see your consultant go into a patient room. you have a quick question for them. they never come out. what consultant? everyone including your patient swear they were never here. the consultant’s note shortly appears in the EMR. it does not answer your question.

you are called to assess a situation. before the situation can be assessed, there are cries for calls - did you call the ICU , did you call cardiology, did you call GI, did you call the lab, did you call xray tech, did you call the family, did you call the caregiver, did you call the POA who is neither the family nor the caregiver...you will, you will, you will, you