Wildest keynote! Singing and dancing across stage with 4000 doctors in Las Vegas. Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). Read transcript and/or download & listen to MP3 below:
. . . And now what we have all been waiting for,
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Blog Archives
How healthcare makes doctors mentally ill →
My friend, Dr. Zeshan Qureshi, just delivered this TEDx talk in New Zealand. Dr. Qureshi is a paediatrician in the UK with a lifesaving message for us all:
Our healthcare systems are making doctors mentally ill
I am a children’s doctor and I’m going to talk to you about the sick people I see.
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America: 393,300,000 guns & 28,000 psychiatrists →
(Update to 2012 America: 350,000,000 guns & 47,000 psychiatrists)
Untreated mental illness + guns = predictable catastrophes.
America in 2018 = 307 mass shootings in 311 days.
This week a veteran with presumed PTSD shot up Borderline Bar &
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Physician warriors don’t cry →
poem
i need to run
i need to run
in the rain
or something i need to run
i need to rest but i need to run,
i need to wash the blood off my pants and
sneakers
i want to talk to someone but i cant
can i,
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Physician PTSD—Help for Traumatized Doctors →
NOTE: Article updated 10/7/22 to reflect my newfound experiences with traumatized physicians.
I recently spoke with an emergency doc at a busy understaffed hospital. He had just dealt with a mass shooting and is now in the midst of a divorce. Clearly distressed,
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“Medical training nearly killed me (and my friend)” →
“Hi Dr. Wible, I am a fourth-year resident in a combined five-year program and I am burned out. Last month, I totaled my car as I sleepily drove home after my 8th night shift in a row and am lucky to have walked away with only a broken clavicle.
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Doctor-bashing (dead) doctors →
Dr. Jon Azkue dies by suicide and media reports his death as an “inconvenience to patients.” He’s treated as if he is guilty of a crime. No sympathy. No sadness for the loss of a man who dedicated his entire life to helping others. I contacted ABC News to express my concern about slandering and dishonoring this caring physician.
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Tags: doctor bashing, Jon Azkue, pamela wible, Trevor Wesson
Words that blame doctors →
Dr. Kat Lopez: “Today I’d like to share with you some words used by the medical-industrial complex to blame doctors for the problems—including human rights abuses—that they are perpetrating upon these poor enslaved employees.
These words include burnout—blaming the victim who is enduring human rights abuse on a daily basis.
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Why doctors don’t seek mental health care →
Top 5 reasons doctors don’t seek mental health care
1. Lack of confidentiality. May have to turn over medical records to others who control your career.
2. State medical boards demand to know. May be excluded from practicing medicine in that state.
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Can wellness programs stop human rights violations in medicine? →
Can a meditation garden in a hospital courtyard help doctors recover from 28-hour shifts? Will resilience workshops help resident physicians on 100+hour work weeks? Could yoga reverse workplace bullying? Probably not.
Seems wellness programs are popping up all over our hospitals and medical schools to help our doctors feel well.
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Top 10 Fears That Hold Doctors Back →
What prevents us from being the doctors we always imagined? We enter medicine as inspired, intelligent, compassionate humanitarians. Soon we’re cynical and exhausted. How did all these totally amazing and high-functioning people get screwed up so fast? Attention: med students and doctors: It’s not your fault.
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Pregnant physicians punished (& babies die) →
Four female physicians share their life & death experiences. Miscarriages from overwork. Sexual harassment. Threats of termination. No legal protection. Medical training in America. Listen in:
Stacey Maddox, M.D.
I failed my first ED [emergency department] rotation in third year because I had a miscarriage.
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Sleep-deprived doctors dying in car crashes →
Sleep-deprived doctors are dying in car crashes at an alarming rate around the world. And beginning July 1, 2017 the US will now force new doctors to work up to 28-hour shifts. So the death toll is likely to rise.Thousands of lives have already been sacrificed including not only doctors,
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Sleep-deprived docs disclose hospital horrors →
Today the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) made the reckless decision to increase work hours to 28-hour shifts for new doctors. Here are the catastrophic consequences of their decision. Here are actual quotes from physicians (de-identified with some patient details changed to protect confidentiality):
“I did my internship in internal medicine and residency in neurology before laws existed to regulate resident hours.
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Don’t think you’re a victim? You may be the victimizer. →
Let’s talk about cycles of abuse. Sexual abuse. Domestic violence. Human rights violations. Why does this stuff continue? Why does a woman end up dating a violent man and then another violent man over and over again. Why does incest pass on from generation to generation?
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Doctor revived after suicide. Here's what he says.
Heart-wrenching photo of doctor crying goes viral. Here's why.
Why "happy" doctors die by suicide
Heroic doctor's heart-wrenching letter
How to graduate medical school without killing yourself
Physician Suicide 101: Secrets, Lies & Solutions
Why physicians commit suicide
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