Category Archives: Work life balance for doctors

Life for doctors – don’t neglect the rest…

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Susan Kersley

If you’ve been through years of medical training, passed your exams and become a doctor, ask yourself whether you are a doctor for life and discover for yourself how much of you is now wrapped up in your identity as … Continue reading →

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Does Coaching Work For Doctors?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Susan Kersley

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Does coaching work for doctors?Coaching can enable doctors to  find their own way forward to a more balanced and happier life. This is what coaching can do for you if you are a doctor who is wondering about coaching and … Continue reading →

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What can you do?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Susan Kersley

What to do to have a more balanced life as a doctor: 1. Stop taking physical documents, patient’s files and journals with you in order to catch up during the evening or weekend. Instead just leave the files, the work … Continue reading →

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Taking work home with you

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Susan Kersley

A very common challenge amongst doctors who strive for a more balanced life is how to stop taking work home with them. There are at least three  ways work  doesn’t stay in the hospital or clinic and ends up going … Continue reading →

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Leaving or staying in Medicine?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Susan Kersley

Not so much the patients themselves or even the mental challenge of taking their history, doing the examination, arranging appropriate investigations and deciding on the best treatment, but more the aggravation of too much to do in the day, the … Continue reading →

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Delegate more to improve your work life balance

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Susan Kersley

As a doctor who wants to have better work life balance you will find that asking for help is a vital part of having more time for yourself. Getting other people to do some of those tasks which have to … Continue reading →

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Are these the biggest 12 challenges for doctors today?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Susan Kersley

Goal setting: Setting goals: Vital to set SMART goals so you can be very clear about what you want. Work life Balance: Balancing work and life – there is more to life than work. Managing time – essential for making … Continue reading →

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Work Life Balance – avoiding emotional blackmail

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Susan Kersley

As a busy doctor working hard, not only at your day to day job but also trying to have more balance in your life, you must avoid a particular trap. It might be called ‘emotional blackmail’ because that’s what it … Continue reading →

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