Physician On Purpose: Ambition as a Positive Emotion
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Meet the Chief Editor of our Mega Project on Physician retention, recruitment, and well-being- the likes of which comes once in 20 years. Why did we do this project? What can you get out of it?
"Do this, not that when your doctors are walking out the door - Special series for you on Physician Retention, Recruitment, and Well-being".
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How to save millions of dollars and make your doctors happy using your supply chain?
Do this, not that when your doctors are walking out the door - Special series for you on Physician Retention, Recruitment and Well-being.
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What’s been discovered within the realm of physician (and other healthcare professionals) wellbeing, is startling, to say the least. The healthcare industry can be highly toxic, resulting in unprecedented levels of depression, suicide, suicidal ideations, physician turnover, presenteeism, and general dissatisfaction with work and life. But the condition that precedes these and is most readily associated with physician wellbeing is burnout. This, above all, is what we must be working against in our field.
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Wealth can be understood comprehensively as finances, money, debt, and the ability to be financially independent. Physicians spend on average ten years longer than the general population in obtaining education and training. Therefore, they have less time than the average worker to save money for retirement.
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Today we continue our discussion about the four domains of wellbeing. So far, we’ve explored both personal life and work life as separate domains. We’ve also begun thinking about how these domains interact with and affect each other. It’s easy to imagine how a personal crisis can affect an individual’s performance at work or how a work crisis can be more difficult to handle if one’s personal life is out of balance.
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Last post, we began our exploration of four separate domains of wellbeing. In order for an individual to truly thrive, attaining the top rung of the Ladder of Wellbeing, they must maintain either balance or outright success in all these domains.
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A quick internet search reveals models developed by different writers, bloggers, consultants, and therapists. While the word domain has many definitions, for our purposes we will use, “a sphere of knowledge, influence, or activity.” With this definition, we can safely narrow down the domains we will discuss as relevant to personal wellbeing.
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Recently on the blog, we’ve been discussing the emerging scientific field of wellbeing. Thus far, we’ve mostly discussed this in general terms -- the two types of wellbeing needed to thrive and the ladder of wellbeing. The research is typically applied in two ways -- to organizations or individuals.
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The field of wellbeing has significantly expanded the study of the spectrum of human experience. Instead of having only two polarizing options—wellbeing and illness—there are intermediate states where neither true wellbeing nor illness are present.
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In recent years, wellbeing has arrived as a science, complete with research and applications. But as a concept, it has existed for millennia. Religious leaders, poets, writers, and (in the last century) secular self-help experts have written about it ad nauseum. It’s no wonder our modern world is fascinated and mesmerized by the concept.
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Back on the blog again with another episode from one of our favorite podcasts! After Harjot spent time on the podcast at the first of this year, Dr. Dike Drummond had to schedule him back to chat again. In episode 17, Harjot and Dike chat about what superpower you need to prevent burnout. You’ll have to watch to find out!
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The verdict is in. The research is clear. Individuals who are actively engaged in their work have higher levels of personal wellbeing and productivity, plus lower levels of burnout.
Physician leaders looking to engage their team should avoid these mistakes and ask the important questions.
In an ideal world, leaders are able to work with their organization to build an effective engagement program. But alas, we are often not in the utopia we dream of.
So we ask: what happens when organizations refuse to create effective engagement programs and invest in their employees?
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This week I’m sharing an episode of one of our favorite podcasts! Recently, I spent some time with Dr. Dike Drummond talking about one of my favorite topics — wellbeing. In our chat, I outline four levels of wellbeing and discuss the growing field of the science of wellbeing. Dr. Drummond is a delight!
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