Compassion Fatigue

People get sick, it happens. But when we see obvious patterns like repeated incidents of staff calling in sick before a weekend or the same employee being sick on a weekly basis, there is some work do to.

We all know that lightbulbs work when negative electrons move to the positive terminal and in this case, a flow of ideas and actions improve patient outcomes.

Got a story to tell? Send it in for consideration to run in the Medical Post magazine’s Stories Issue in December.

Can’t find the time to step away from the treadmill and re-set your priorities? A mini-retreat might be just the thing. Here’s what to expect if you decide to try one.

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.

I love being recognized on the street, especially by former patients. But lately, it’s a curse as everyone is begging and pleading for my help in finding a family doctor.

We are not lawyers. We are not real estate agents. However, that does not mean we are devoid of negotiating skills. Whether we are explaining a co-pay to a patient, signing an agreement with an employer, buying a pharmacy or making a staff schedule, there are parts of the pharmacist’s day where we just have to pull up our pants and negotiate.

Medicine is a draining job. On holiday, the author embraced an Italian phrase and spent days doing nothing and discovering the beauty and wonder in the simplicity of idle moments.