Self-valuation: Attending to the Most Important Instrument in the Practice of Medicine To measure self-valuation, involving constructive prioritization of personal well-being and a growth mindset perspective that seeks to learn and impro…

1/ On national Health Workforce Well-Being Day, welcome to Edition 297 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! As promised last week, today is about self-valuation.
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Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care Health care worker well-being is critical to delivering optimal care to our patients. With greater understanding of these issues, evidence-informed models of employee well-being have been developed to...

7/ Solutions lie in creating learning and working environments within which dedicated, passionate, and meaning-driven people can thrive. The model @mayoclinic.org is here
Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Looks amazing, Colin!

1/ Welcome to Edition 263 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’d like to bring an upcoming virtual summit with a GREAT line-up of speakers to your attention, so block your calendars for November 6 and 7! #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
www.ecbsummit.com

Gifted @tottenmd.bsky.social a pair of #pinksocks. He’s the epitome of doing good. Being kind. And restoring humanity to medicine with his movement & his documentary. #MedSky #BlueCrew 💕💕

suckitupbuttercupfilm.com

How do you disrupt the healthcare status quo? You start a snowball of positive change that builds and builds as it rolls down the mountain. So many incredible voices in this film (@wdeanmd.bsky.social , @mcuban.bsky.social, & Don Berwick to name a few). Must see. Well done @tottenmd.bsky.social!

“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”

—Richard Feynman

Ten Principles to Advance Occupational Well-being in Health Care Organizations The high prevalence of occupational distress in health care workers and its implications for quality of care are now widely recognized by health care organizations. While many have taken authentic ste...

1/ Welcome to Edition 256 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today and next week I’ll cover a new paper from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on 10 principles to advance occupational #wellbeing in health care orgs -- 1-5 today! #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Burnout in #healthcare isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a crisis.
Long hours. Endless screens. Constant pressure. Clinicians are exhausted, and it’s costing lives.

It’s time to listen, support & rebuild a system that cares for the people who care for us. #Medsky #burnout #physicians #nurses

😂 ...🥲

What could go wrong? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Medicine Forward We are change agents committed to standing up for what is sacred in medicine—the human patient+physician relationship Medicine Forward upholds these core principles in strategic and programmatic decis...

Shouldn’t Patients + Physicians Flourish Together?

We are a passionate group of physicians who are here because we are champions of the patient+physician relationship. People over profits. medicineforward.mn.co #MedSky

The Persistence of Specialty Disrespect: Student Perspectives One aspect of the hidden curriculum of medicine is specialty disrespect (SD)—an expressed lack of respect among medical specialties that occurs at all levels of training and across geographic, demogra...

& chose to be a #primarycare physician pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... how to address in our fractured system? @gimapreceptor.bsky.social @elasticdo.bsky.social @dhpomerantz.bsky.social @colleenchristmas.bsky.social @gabrieldane.me @drmommy.bsky.social

The most selfish act of all is kindness, because it's payback is so much greater than the investment. — Tom Peters

Hey #primarycaresky #internalmedicinesky #IMsky #medsky

Couldn’t be #IMProud -er of our @acpimphysicians.bsky.social .

Really happy/hopeful w this policy stance re options for IM physician organization in interest of patient access/care/our #wellness !!

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See Healthcare Differently: Why ethics (not economics) should guide the system — Fix Moral Injury “If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things. If you want to make major changes, change the way you SEE things.” - Don Campbell (Canadian rancher on regenerative agriculture)...

This! Ethics before economics. Care about your people so they can take care of people. #medsky
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If a movement is to have an impact, it must belong to those who join it—not those who lead it.

Simon Sinek

I love this & such a good reminder:

“Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.17.1

(H/T Ryan Holiday “The Daily Stoic”)

PODCAST | The Physicians Guide

1/ Welcome to Edition 248 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll link to a conversation I had recently with Dr. Bradley Block on his podcast @physiciansguide.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded #medsky
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When we work hard for something we don't believe in, it's called stress. When we work hard for something we love, it's called passion.

Simon Sinek

Let people see you be a real human. They’ll notice when you do healthy things too.

Adding a few more hearts here, Sue! ❤️❤️❤️

I’ve got some ideas for where you can channel that passion, Frank

You’re going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work.

Naval Ravikant

🤯

Ironic to be calling the "Aetna National Medical Excellence Unit" ... to plead with them because they are denying the CellCept and tacrolimus (rejection meds) for my husband's transplanted liver.

We have been calling for days and his meds run out tomorrow morning. @aetnahealthcare.bsky.social

Thinking of you @drlaurenwilson.bsky.social! That’s insanity.

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