How to fight physician burnout - KevinMD shares his personal experience

Who are the doctors who don't get stressed at work? Check if you have the personality type

Who are the doctors who don't get stressed at work? According to this meta-analysis, the personality type to have is: extravert who is o...

How to be happier at your workplace: from employee, and from employer, perspective

Robert Steven Kaplan has addressed these 2 topics in 2 Google talks and 2 books, they are linked below. I developed 2 sheets based on the id...

7 classical virtues of trust, justice, hope, temperance, wisdom, courage and compassion - and how this applies to medicine

We often receive an email from the Chief of Staff on Wednesdays. The email is meant to unite the physicians at Cleveland Clinic around a com...

How to administer "Emotional First Aid"

Do you know that feeling lonely impacts your ability to build up an immunity after getting the flu vaccine? From the Google Talks lecture se...

"We'll just go in and do some work."

Angus Young from AC/DC in Rolling Stone : "Malcolm was always one to battle through. He would look at me in times of crisis and go, ...

It Pays to Be Human: communicate clearly, take initiative, problem-solve, get along with people

From WSJ : It Pays to Be Human - The job market’s most sought-after skills can be tough to spot on a résumé. Companies across the U.S. say i...

There's Always Another Day

David Cameron sings to himself after announcing resignation date - BBC News: As David Cameron announced his resignation date he walked away ...

Human psychology: Why do we have equivalents of bogeyman in so many countries around the world?

Bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman, or boogie man) is a common allusion to a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults to fr...

Good communication makes our work interesting, richer and deeper

Good communication makes our work interesting, richer and deeper. But empathy may dry up over time, hence the need to refresh/recharge perio...

Blurred Boundaries: The Therapeutics & Politics of Medicinal Marijuana (Mayo Clinic video)

J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Rochester, discusses the issue of medical marijuana. In 1970, the Federal Go...

How to relax - DW video

From Deutsche Welle (DW): Dr. Christian Kessler discussed stress and its harmful impact. What are some good ways to relieve stress and relax...

The language of lying - TED-Ed video

From TED-Ed: We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these li...

New way to lose weight - color everything blue to suppress appetite?

The color blue suppresses appetite more than any other color. Apart from blueberries and plums, which are mostly purple, there are few natur...

Reviving Penmanship: "Ink is forever"

From DW: "Handwritten texts are experiencing a boom. A Berlin startup offers invitations, cards and love letters written by hand: it...