Work/Life Balance

Advice for new physicians as they enter the field.

The physician shortage is more pronounced in rural communities, where access to healthcare is limited despite an increased need. Locum tenens doctors can benefit a community in need, and the community can offer advantages practically unheard of in the city.

Take some time to look at the big picture of your healthcare career.

Physician assistants can help physicians manage patients, their schedule, and work-life balance.

Summer vacations are a lot of fun, but travel presents various risks to your assets and safety. Here is what you need to know to protect yourself and your family.

Four timeless recommendations to take action, make progress toward goals, and feel better about life and a career in medicine.

There’s no line item for being exhausted in a physician’s salary … or is there?

How to recognize-and overcome-the common thought process of overconfidence when it comes to practicing medicine.

As a physician, time sometimes ticks away slowly while other times moves so fast, you wish you had more of it.

A mission to Guatemala provides insight on the PA profession and introspection on what it means to work in healthcare.

How can docs avoid burnout woes? Three docs share their personal stories.

Physician burnout and disengagement is an epidemic in health care and threatens the way physicians treat patients.

Tech and staffing are two ways that your practice can reduce burnout for physicians and other stressed out employees.

Struggling with your work-life balance? Professional organizations offer solutions for burnout, from lobbying to hands-on help.

Burnout remains a prominent concern for physicians. Here's how to recognize the early signs, get help, and avoid disastrous consequences.

One physician finally succumbs to adjusting her work schedule to reduce burnout-sort of.

Physician practices must take the time to evaluate their policies related to “outside activities."

Our editorial advisory board tells us what superpower they would possess and why.

Here are five ideas on how to jumpstart your approach to leisure, including some you may not have previously considered.

Many doctors say they would never recommend a medical career to their children. Burnout is a serious problem.

It's necessary to create space in our personal and professional lives. It is better for us, for our patients, and for our families.

Here are some tips for using global health work to fight burnout.

Some physicians find relief from burnout by getting involved in humanitarian work.

Looking for a way to lessen administrative burden at your practice? Start with putting the patients first.

This physician attempted combining story time with his son with EHR pajama time and got mixed results.

If you’re committed to having a greater sense of work-life balance in 2018 than you’ve had in recent years, here are five potential leisure activities.

Physicians are spending nearly 90 minutes of "pajama time" documenting in the EHR. Here are solutions to fix this pressing problem.

Women physicians may be at higher risk of burnout, but they may have better coping tools, according to researchers.

It’s hard to intervene when you see a fellow provider in trouble with burnout. Here’s how to make it a little easier.

Have you decided you need to have more leisure in the new year? Here are six ways to get that going.