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April 12, 2024
As I sit here pondering our focus for this quarter, Workplace Safety, I am struck by how close to home it hits.
February 6, 2024
Sometimes starting is the hardest part. No, it is DEFINITELY the hardest part.
November 8, 2023
I would like to start with a huge thank you to everyone who made it to our Section meeting at ACEP23. We have a big year ahead and look forward to getting started on several initiatives.
September 30, 2021
Paintbrush or Penlight? Headphones or Stethoscope? Poetry or Charting? Outside of the walls of an emergency department, what are your tools of choice to express yourself through various art forms?
July 1, 2020
Warren Float-Left Wrapper Jonathan Warren is a fourth-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is creator and publisher of a phenomenal website, Art of Emergency Medici...
Welcome to the summer 2020 Wellness Section Newsletter. Looking back over the last year of Section activity and since ACEP19 in Denver, we all know, that what was, has changed and will not be the nor...
Now that you have become clear on Rule #1: stop being a doctor, let’s talk about Rule #2: put on your anthropologist hat.
I would first want to thank all of our colleagues who are staffing on the front-lines and those of us who are in supporting roles, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A few weeks before the corona virus had spread nation-wide, my husband and I were attending a wedding in Orlando. The couple had hoped to have an ‘unplugged’ ceremony, a trend I’ve seen more and more...
January 15, 2020
I attribute my love of sports cars to my paternal grandmother, Guillermina Castillo. One of my earliest childhood memories was seeing Grandma whip up in front of our house in her late 1970s Pontiac T-...
At the end of the day I walk in my door, empty my pockets of everything I carried with me all day long, and change into my workout gear. I head straight for my Peloton bike every day without fail.
This is a newly formed EngagED community that specifically aims to create a safe space where members can discuss ongoing challenges within their roles, EDs, and life in general.
As you know, we released a polling question in January 2019 onto the EngagED platform asking members for their feedback to the question, "Would the position of a Chief Wellness Officer be beneficial t...
July 25, 2019
A cold winter night, logs crackling in the fireplace, I’m cozied up with an intriguing novel and a bold, zesty red Zinfandel. A sweltering summer’s day, salt-kissed skin, a refreshing Rosé, and a sea...
When I was younger, I thought everything was possible. Travel at the age of six to a new country and go into public school not speaking a word of English? Heck yeah, learning a new language will be f...
Emergency medicine provides a unique opportunity of work time and off time. EM physicians never take call, have several days off, and can easily pursue their hobbies.
If you visited a coal mining town in the early 1900’s, you would have likely seen miners carrying a bird cage as they headed underground for their shift.
Burn-out. Depression. As emergency physicians, we’ve all encountered these feelings at one time or another. Some deal with it better than others. Others leave their career in medicine.
As Section Chair, I would like to welcome our membership to our 2019 Spring/Summer Edition of the Wellness Section Newsletter.
October 26, 2017
Fascinated by remarkable totems I saw during my recent travel by ship to Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan, Alaska - I appreciate the concept of spirit connection between humans, animals and objects. Totem...
Shift your organization’s culture conversation-by-conversation by talking about work system health, developing a common language and strengthening your relationships with your colleagues.
August 8, 2017
As I wrote in the last issue of this Newsletter, all the work the ACEP has been doing on wellness and burn-out has inspired me and my American Psychiatric Association (APA). At last, that has led to t...
A pretty common reason you or many of your colleagues joined the field. Besides it being the greatest specialty of course. However, the flexibility shift work affords comes at a price.
Prepare yourself to fully participate in redesign initiatives by taking good care of yourself and cultivating a clear vision. In the last newsletter we looked at the stress-strain process and how well...
Just when I thought I had my life under reasonable control – it goes asunder with the most precise timing that precisely informs me that control is a figment of my imagination.
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