The Essential Guide to Healthcare Professional Wellness: Proven Lessons from Leaders

ISBN-13: 9783031364839 / Miękka / 2023 / 225 str.

Spis treści

Part I Balance 1.- Become More Interesting.- Running Club.- The Teller of Cautionary Tales.- Therapy Dog Life: Meet Reese Griffin.- The Mirage of Arrival.- The Correct Spelling of Wellness.- There and Back Again.- Being an Environmental Steward in the Workplace.- Part II Family.- The Ties That Bind.- Doctor Mom.- Reflections.- Your Family, Your Religion, and the Green Bay Packers.- Part III Finances.- For Entertainment Purposes Only.- Eureka!.- Enough.- Financial Freedom Blueprint.- Utilizing My Medical Degree in Biopharma.- Part IV Spirituality.- Spirituality in Healthcare.- The Constancy of Faith.- Becoming Less Fantastic.- The Road to Aequanimitas.- Look for the Gift.- Part V Resiliency.- Building Resiliency Reserves.- From Pessimism to Hope: Choreographing the Graceful Career Pivot.- Imposter Syndrome and Perfectionism: A Prescription for Exhaustion.- One Thing.- The Power of Coaching.- My Hope.- Don’t Clock Out.- Bouncing Back: A Lifetime of Resiliency.- Mentorship.- Maintaining Wellness in Exceptional Circumstances.- Part VI Bouncing Back.- Why Do We Fall?.- Road to Recovery.- Sometimes Caregivers Need Professional Help Too.- Just Two Dentists and a Hatred for Dentistry: A Modern American Success Story?.- Taking the Wheel.- When Life Hands You Lemons.- Healing from Burnout Through Reinvention: A Change Will Do You Good.- From Stillbirth to Mindfulness and Community.- How to Fine Tune Mental Health: The Power of Social Prescription.- A Different Kind of Hero.- Prescriptions for Wellness.-

O autorze

Kristopher Schroeder, MD FASA

Professor

Interim Vice Chair of Education

Vice Chair of Faculty Development

Department of Anesthesiology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

600 Highland Avenue, B6/319

Madison, WI 53792

kmschro1@wisc.edu

Twitter: @KristopherSchr6

 

Kristopher Schroeder, MD is a flawed but devoted husband, father, son, brother, and colleague.  He is a runner of slow marathons, hiker of winding trails, gardener of doomed plants, and activities transporter for his three daughters.  His marriage to a veterinary anesthesiologist has blessed his life with abundant career collaboration opportunities and an ark of creatures including a horse, dog, cat, goats, turkeys, geese, tortoise, and blue-tongued skink.  In his professional activities, he serves as a professor of anesthesiology with a clinical focus on the practice of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine.  In addition to practicing clinical medicine, he seeks to address issues relevant to faculty advancement and improve the education of medical learners.  Dr. Schroeder has served on multiple national committees and has published/lectured extensively on topics relevant to pain management, anesthesiology, and wellness.  

Blurb

Healthcare professionals throughout the world heed a calling that compels them to devote their lives to the treatment of their patients. While this work is generally rewarding, these professionals frequently fall victim to stressors and happiness barriers that impact their ability to function at work, the longevity of their career and the quality of their relationships outside of the hospital. Burnout, diminished career fulfilment, substance abuse, and suicide data for healthcare professionals demonstrate that the risks to this population are incredibly real. Unfortunately, there is nothing to suggest that any of these stressors are improving as pandemics, access disparities, changes in healthcare system structure, and patient complexity further escalate work-related challenges. 

Thankfully, there are sources of help readily available to each of us. All healthcare professionals have encountered a colleague, mentor or expert who has already navigated or has a perspective on how to thrive in the setting of hardship. This book will organize the voices of these leaders in a way that provides readers with a source for advice and inspiration. Sections of chapters are dedicated to work-life balance, family, finances, faith, resiliency, and recovery. 

For those healthcare workers actively caring for patients and struggling with their career, this book will serve as a source of solace and inspiration that should help to reinvigorate and extend a successful career.