Archive for 'Wellness & Health' Category
Case Studies – Tackling Common Sleep Problems
The worrier challenge: “My sleep problems are definitely stress-related,” she says …She lies in bed thinking about work, making mental to-do lists, and even listening to random songs that play in her head. advice: “She seems to have a predisposition for insomnia, and for people like her, whenever there are additional pressures, like a new [...]
A Guide to Medical Student Dating
4. Support them when they come home after each test, upset because they failed—and gently remind them after they get their well above passing grade how unnecessary the “I’m going to fail out of medical school and never become an MD” dramatics are. 10. Their study habits will make you feel like a complete slacker. [...]
Managing the Stress of a Medical Career – Talking to Eachother
George Hossfeld, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago, on is medical malpractice experience: It felt very personal when they asked for an award far more than my policy limits, and I, as the sole defendant, had to imagine the possibility of losing my house, retirement savings, and kids’ college fund. [...]
Making Time for Sleep
1. Put work early in the day. If you’re working until 2 a.m. on a regular basis, it’s probably because you don’t manage your time well. Move work into earlier hours in the morning. This will put less pressure on you to stay up all night to finish. 2. Set a bed time. Sounds childish, [...]
How to Take Strategic Breaks
On a short time span, there are really only two kinds of breaks you can take: Short breaks to rest during the day Breaks that finish a day and begin the next morning Here’s my rule for taking short breaks: Whenever I hit a roadblock in my energy and can’t accomplish anything, I set myself [...]
Why You Lose Focus & How to Recover
Lack of Sleep – Even one night of tossing and turning can “give you symptoms that resemble ADHD… says Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., director of the Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland, in Annapolis. Get a good night’s sleep: You should try to get the amount of sleep required for you to wake up without an alarm. [...]
Empathy's Strengths & Weaknesses in Medical Education
In a third study, Dr. Dyrbye found that when tested for empathy, medical students at baseline generally scored higher than their nonmedical peers. But, as medical students experienced more burnout, there was a corresponding drop in the level of empathy toward patients. “What do they really need to know before graduating from medical school, and [...]
Comparing Years in Practice & Quality of Care Provided
Purpose: To systematically review studies relating medical knowledge and health care quality to years in practice and physician age. Data Synthesis: Overall, 32 of the 62 (52%) evaluations reported decreasing performance with increasing years in practice for all outcomes assessed; 13 (21%) reported decreasing performance with increasing experience for some outcomes but no association for [...]
False Memory Formation with Sleep Deprivation
Sleep is known to provide optimal neurobiological conditions for consolidation of memories for long-term storage, whereas sleep deprivation acutely impairs retrieval of stored memories. Subjects either slept or stayed awake immediately after learning, and they were either sleep deprived or not at recognition testing 9, 33, or 44 hours after learning. Sleep deprivation at retrieval, [...]
Cheap Ways to Destress
1. Turn off the TV 2. Go for a walk 3. Call up a friend Don’t underestimate the power of human contact 6. De-clutter your home 7. Treat yourself to a hot bubble bath If you take as little as thirty minutes to soak away your worries, you’ll feel like a new person. 10 Ways [...]