“How many providers, personnel, and patients are injured and killed in healthcare settings every year? How many near-misses between doctors and guns accidentally discharging have taken place? And how long will it take before firearm safety becomes standard in the medical education curriculum?”

“The skewed perspective that ‘vulnerability is weakness’ is no longer serving us. We need to adopt an attitude and medical culture that acknowledges the strength and courage of vulnerability, and the power that comes from owning one’s traumatic experiences.”

“According to Medscape’s Physician Depression and Burnout Report 2023, which surveyed over 9100 physicians across more than 29 specialties, 53% of physicians said they were burned out. Remarkably, the top three factors that contribute most to physician burnout are the same as they were five years ago: too many bureaucratic tasks (61%), lack of respect from coworkers (38%), and too many work hours (37%)

Agency and organizational leadership, in addition to multi-dimensional involvement of local, state, and national leadership, are needed to effect systems change.”

“Even though non-communicable and lifestyle diseases have been the leading cause of death nationally and internationally for many years now, traditional medical education does not adequately teach us lifestyle therapies. Nor does it teach us how to care for ourselves while working as physicians.”

Published in Physician’s Weekly: “Discussions of physician or healthcare provider wellness are often narrowly focused on personal resilience. However, physician wellness is directly correlated to patient quality and safety. In this context, burnout results in increased frequency of medical errors, a decrease in empathy, poor communication, and poorer outcomes for patients.”

Published in Physician’s Weekly: “Some argue that coaching is an extravagant cost for healthcare providers; however, the cost of physician turnover is incomparably greater. The cost of provider turnover is a staggering but mitigable cost to organizations. In fact, the cost of replacing a single healthcare provider is roughly double or triple the provider’s salary.”

“Whether we are aware of it or not, we use imagery all the time. It is integral to most of our brain functions, underlying our thoughts and associations and affecting our physiology. “