This year there has been an explosion of interest in maintaining the wellness of ourselves and our colleagues in Emergency Medicine. That interest is long overdue. As many have identified, wellness is the result of many influences including individual actions, organisational issues and collegiate support. For what it is worth, here is what I… Continue reading Ways to Wellness – Dr Mike Cameron
Foreword by Una Harrington The transition to Digital Hospital is currently being rolled out across Australian Emergency Departments. Our North Americans colleagues have been discussing for some time how the transition to Digital Care can cause frustration, loss of control and may possibly be a contributing factor in Physician Burnout. We cannot be like ostriches… Continue reading Transitioning to digital excellence
Many of us here at WRaPEM understand firsthand the juggle that comes with being both a doctor and a parent. In the following blog posts, two doctors share their stories of how they successfully combine parenting and emergency medicine, and how their perspectives about their work changed after becoming a parent. Course collision And learning… Continue reading Parenting – part 2
Many of us here at WRaPEM understand firsthand the juggle that comes with being both a doctor and a parent. In the following blog posts, two doctors share their stories of how they successfully combine parenting and emergency medicine, and how their perspectives about their work changed after becoming a parent. Building a positive mindset… Continue reading Parenting – part 1
Post by Annonymous Foreword: This generous guest blog has been written by an Emergency Physician who, understandably, wishes to keep her identity anonymous. In it, she describes the raw and gritty experience of being diagnosed with a mental illness while fighting to remain functional as a doctor, mother and wife. For her, there has been… Continue reading I think you have depression…
By Una Harrington Welcome back to Part 2 in the series on how to find your ‘I’ in Ikigai. In Part 1 of Finding the ‘I’ in Ikigai, I referenced Tait Shanafelt’s paper stating that if you can find 20% of your work to have Meaning, it will protect you against the risk of… Continue reading Finding the ‘I’ in Ikigai – Part 2
By Una Harrington Welcome to Part 1 of how to find your ‘I’ in Ikigai. I was first introduced to the concept of Ikigai when I was attending SMACC Dub in 2017. During my own journey since then, whilst exploring the wellbeing and performance optimisation literature, I have been brought back again and again… Continue reading How to find the ‘I’ in Ikigai – Part 1
It was me. I’m one of those doctors who did the thing that elicits gasps of shock and sympathy when you tell the story. I missed a diagnosis and a patient died. Not just any patient, but the spouse of one of my work colleagues. It was in my first few years of doctoring… Continue reading Why I WRaP EM – Dr Bethany Boulton
By Dr Felicia Cox - ACEM trainee Let’s be honest, if you work in the emergency department you’re not a stranger to conflict. With patients who present in physical or emotional distress, staff fatigued with erratic sleep cycles and empty stomachs, and a system that can be inflexible… interpersonal conflict in the workplace seems to… Continue reading Managing conflict in the ED – a trainee perspective
By Suneth Jayasekara - Emergency Physician What is intellectual wellness? The term “Intellectual wellness” recognises the contribution that being intellectually stimulated makes towards an individual’s state of wellbeing. As human beings, our intellect is our biggest strength. It is in our nature to enjoy intellectual stimulation, and is part of the reason for the success… Continue reading Intellectual spoke – 17/03/2018
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