Resource topic: Individual Strategies
Predictors of Physician Career Satisfaction, Work-Life Balance, and Burnout

Keeton, et. al. explore factors associated with physician career satisfaction, work-life balance, and burnout focusing with respect to age, gender, and specialty....

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Physicians’ Resilience – Salutogenetic Practices and Attitudes of Experienced Physicians

Identifying efficient coping mechanisms, strategies, and attitudes that contribute to long-term job satisfaction and biopsychosocial health throughout is the...

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Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published guidelines for oncology clinicians on effective use of communication to optimize the patient-clinician...

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Using Behavior Change Plans to Improve Medical Student Self-Care

This study, published in Academic Medicine, describes an innovative approach to teaching medical students the principles and practice of health behavior change and...

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Can Dietary Supplements Improve a Clinician’s Well-Being and Health?

Based on nutritional studies in athletes and military personnel, this article evaluates the use of diet and supplements to improve cognition, mental well-being, and...

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The Impact of Work Time Control on Physicians’ Sleep and Well-Being

Published in Applied Ergonomics, this study considers whether allowing physician control over work hours ameliorates effects of demanding work schedules. Work time...

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If Every Fifth Physician is Affected by Burnout, What About The Other Four? Resilience Strategies of Experienced Physicians

Published in Academic Medicine, this study identifies health-promoting strategies employed by experienced physicians. Analysis revealed three dimensions to a...

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“I’d been like freaking out the whole night”: Exploring Emotion Regulation Based on Junior Doctors’ Narratives

Published in Advances in Health Sciences Education, this research study was a secondary analysis of narrative data of 34 junior doctors discussing situations in...

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How Does the Performance Balance Succeed? Coping, Resilience and Neurons: How Clinical Physicians Remain in Charge of “Their Own Territory”

"Man is thrown into this world and his aspirations are aimed at (re)gaining the power to shape his own life." This German article uses Heidegger's philosophical...

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Health and Well-Being among Physicians

The purpose of this study, published in International Medicine Journal, is to examine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and adherence to international...

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