Work/Life Balance

I know practically nothing about Marissa Meyer, but I support her decision. Who best to know how to juggle home and work than the one doing the juggling?

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Are you at a career crossroad? Here's how several physicians created new paths for themselves.

It always feels good to be back home, whether that’s back in the country, back at my house, or back in my clinic.

When my patient went into labor the day I planned to take my family to a ball game, my whole schedule went topsy turvy.

Jack Welch’s talk reminded me that hard choices are involved in achieving success inside and outside of the medical practice.

The doc shortage is creating opportunities for physicians who are willing to explore alternative career options.

I’m not a family physician for the money. So, if I’m clicking on that financial tab in my EHR as a way to measure the value of what I did in clinic that day, I am an idiot.

John K. Jarboe, MD, on how he came to appreciate the power of living a healthy life.

Internist Sharon Berenfeld on what her non-Hodgkins lymphoma taught her about life on the other side of the stethoscope.

From having a better family life to making teamwork easier, here are nine reasons why closing out patient charts in a timely manner is the way to go.

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Some young physicians want to make time to start families. And shifting employment markets are making such arrangements more common. But is it right for you?

Test your smarts by identifying which of these famous "doctors" are actually doctors. (And no, PhDs don't count.)

Here are 10 tips to improve documentation at your medical practice to get you out of the office and back home to spend time with your family.

Performance measurements for physicians are well-intentioned and get me to rethink how I practice. But in the end I won't make the goals, so I'll have to go with balance over perfection.

Physicians have very stressful lives, so there's the need for other outlets for our energy, whether it is at a shooting range, playing hockey, or learning to play guitar.

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As a physician, I know the solution to physiologically impossible tasks doesn't lie in a prescription bottle. I'm having a hard time getting that message across to patients, however.

Physicians don't often acknowledge the positives that push us into unfavorable work-life balance - a larger salary, another publication for your resume, one more set of letters to add to your signature line.

I am a woman and the expectations my family, my husband, and the larger society have of me are different. Not better, not worse, just different.

Juggling motherhood and private practice makes preparation key.

Working in a medically underserved community helped me to appreciate my true worth as a physician.

How stressed are you compared to your physician colleagues?

Family provides a lesson in work-life balance and being happy with the choices you make in your roles at home and at your practice.

In the coming years, physicians might find themselves expanding their daily medical practice to further include elements of public health.

I’m still a doctor, which has never been and will never be a straight 9-to-5 job. Demands, like patients, are unpredictable and often non-negotiable.

Making a big leap forward in your career without looking back as a physician is scary, but take a tip from Gonzo the Great.

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