Category Archives: Well-Being

Episode 252: Palliative Care in the ICU with Dr. Tim Poore

April 10, 2023 ACCRAC 1 Comment

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

Episode 252: Palliative Care in the ICU with Dr. Tim Poore

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In this 252nd episode I welcome Dr. Tim Poore, a palliative care physician, to the show to discuss palliative care in general and in the ICU in particular. He gives us some concrete tools to use when having difficult, end of life conversations with patients and families.

CME: Link

Random Recs:

The Nocturnists

Yoto Player

For All Mankind

References:

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3118

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vitaltalk-tips/id1109433922

Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC): Link

Anesthesia, Life Lessons, Show Notes, Well-Being

Episode 239: Determined: How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System with Dr. Jimmy Turner

October 10, 2022 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 239: Determined: How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System with Dr. Jimmy Turner

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In this 239th episode I welcome Dr. Jimmy Turner back to the show. Jimmy is an academic anesthesiologist at Wake Forest in North Carolina and a certified coach for physicians. He is also the founder of The Physician Philosopher blog and podcast. In addition to this, he is the author of a book that came out in July of 2022 entitled Determined: How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System. We discuss his book and it’s messages about burnout and resilience.

CME: Link

Show notes: Link

Links:

Book: https://thephysicianphilosopher.com/determined
Podcast: The Physician Philosopher Podcast
Coaching: The Alpha Coaching Experience

Email: Jimmy@thephysicianphiosopher.com

Twitter: @TPP_MD

Random Recs:

Money Heist: Link

The Coddling of the American Mind: Link

Harlan Coben Novels: Link

Anesthesia, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 238: Financial Planning Update with Justin Harvey

September 26, 2022 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 238: Financial Planning Update with Justin Harvey

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In this 238th episode I welcome back financial planner Justin Harvey to discuss the recent changes in student loans, public service loan forgiveness, the No Surprises Act, the pros and cons of doing a fellowship versus going straight into practice, and mistakes to avoid when starting a new job.

CME: Link

Justin’s Contact Info: justin@apm-wealth.com

Financial planning site: www.apm-wealth.com

Podcast: www.apmsuccess.com

Good company for student loan plans and info: www.studentloanplanner.com\

More info on PSLF Waiver: https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/pslf-limited-waiver

Nice video walking through new PSLF tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sir-hCNxlzA

Random Recs:

Radical Candor

The Psychology Of Money

White Coat Investor’s Guide To Asset Protection

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Anesthesia, Critical Care, Education, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 237: Health Care Provider Burnout with Dr. Bryan Sexton

September 11, 2022 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 237: Health Care Provider Burnout with Dr. Bryan Sexton

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In this 237th episode I welcome Dr. Bryan Sexton to the show to discuss his work with characterizing, researching and trying to address healthcare provider burnout. We discuss what burnout is and how it differs from moral injury, how to prevent it, treat it, and what a better system might look like.

CME: Link

Random Recs: Bridgerton

References:

Bryan’s website where you can find all the tools we discussed: https://hsq.dukehealth.org/tools/

The Science of Healthcare Worker Burnout: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34459858/

Well-being essentials series: Oct 10-13 Bit.ly/wellbduke

Anesthesia, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 235: What Happens When Doctors Get Sick, the Physician-as-patient, with Drs. Castro-Frenzel and Saadat

August 15, 2022 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 235: What Happens When Doctors Get Sick, the Physician-as-patient, with Drs. Castro-Frenzel and Saadat

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In this 235th episode I welcome Drs. Karla Castro-Frenzel and Haleh Saadat to the show. They share their stories of being diagnosed with serious diseases, becoming physician-as-patients, and how they coped with the diagnosis and figured out how to move forward.

CME: Link

Dr. Saadat’s email is haleh.saadat@gmail.com, she is on Twitter @hs2009 and
Instagram @haleh_saadat_

Dr. Castro-Frenzel is on twitter @KarlaFrenzel and Instagram @kacasfr

References Download

Resources Download

Random recs:

We Are All Perfectly Fine: Link

The Yearling: Link

When Things Fall Apart: Link

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Link

Critical Care, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 220: Every Deep Drawn Breath with Wes Ely

January 17, 2022 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 220: Every Deep Drawn Breath with Wes Ely

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In this 220th episode I welcome Dr. Wes Ely to the show to discuss his new book, Every Deep Drawn Breath and the personal journey as an intensivist that he took to writing it. We discuss PICS and PICS-F, early mobility, and bringing humanity to the ICU.

CME: Link

Dr. Ely is on twitter @WesElyMD

References, patient pictures and stories can all be found at: ICUDelirium.org

Random Recs:

Geripal podcast: https://geripal.org/geripal-podcast/

Walking Home From The ICU podcast: Link

A town like Alice: Link

My Own Country: Link

The New Jim Crow: https://newjimcrow.com/

Slavery By Another Name: Link

Just Mercy: https://justmercy.eji.org/

Cormoran Strike Novels: https://robert-galbraith.com/stories/

Anesthesia, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 215: Transition From Training to Practice with Drs. Sedghi and Freiberg

November 8, 2021 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 215: Transition From Training to Practice with Drs. Sedghi and Freiberg

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In this 215th episode I welcome Dr. Kia Sedghi and Dr. Stephen Freiberg to the show to discuss tips and tricks for making the transition from training to practice.

CME: https://earnc.me/vRQ6fn

Random Recs:

The Rewatchables Podcast: Link

Atul Gawande Article: Link

Anesthesia, Education, Well-Being

Episode 202: RADAR and Anti-racism in Anesthesiology with Matt Wixson

May 17, 2021 ACCRAC 1 Comment

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Episode 202: RADAR and Anti-racism in Anesthesiology with Matt Wixson

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In this 202nd episode I welcome Dr. Matt Wixson, co-founder of RADAR (Raising Anesthesiology Diversity and Anti-Racism) to the show to discuss anti-racism in Anesthesiology.

CME: https://earnc.me/PShGVa

RADAR’s website: https://radaranesthesia.org

Dr. Wixson’s email: mwixson@med.umich.edu

Dr. Wixson is on Twitter @WixsonMatt

Random Recs:

The Handmaid’s Tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_series)

Tiger Documentary: Link

Anesthesia, Education, Well-Being

Episode 182: Med Student Concerns and PD Responses for the COVID Interview Season

September 2, 2020 ACCRAC 1 Comment

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Episode 182: Med Student Concerns and PD Responses for the COVID Interview Season

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In this 182nd episode I welcome the president of the ASA medical student component, Stacia Griebahn, and the president-elect, Abigail Schirmer to the show to discuss what medical students applying in anesthesiology are concerned about this year and the responses that PDs have to those concerns.

CME: https://earnc.me/6pJA5y

ASA medical student component webpage: https://www.asahq.org/education-and-career/asa-medical-student-component

Abigail is on twitter: @abigailschirmer

Stacia is on twitter: @StaciaGriebahn

Random recs:

Do no harm: Link

War Doctor: Surgery on the front line: Link

Zwift: https://zwift.com

Give Back Yoga Foundation: https://givebackyoga.org

The Drive Podcast: https://peterattiamd.com/podcast/

Anesthesia, Education, Life Lessons, Well-Being

Episode 177: How To Be a Star Resident

June 22, 2020 ACCRAC 1 Comment

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Episode 177: How To Be a Star Resident

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In this 177th episode I discuss a survey of Anesthesiology program directors where I asked them both what makes a great resident great and what red flags make them worry about a resident. I go through the responses and lay out key points about how to earn the reputation of being a star resident.

CME: https://earnc.me/ABxR5u

A listener recommended the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willinck and Lief Babbin about what makes Navy Seal teams successful. There are lots of parallels with what I discussed on this episode.