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Coaching Physicians: Part One

Jack and I created A Whole New Doctor as an experiment with the strong hypothesis that providing coaches to medical students would make a difference in their lives (like providing coping skills and reducing pressures that lead to depression or learning how to engage in team leadership and mindset shifts).
  • Posted by Margaret Cary
  • On March 28, 2018
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On Coaching and Self-Care

Coaching has allowed me the space to practice self-care. My conversations with my coach, Meredith Betz, allow me precious time to actively and audibly articulate my struggles and sentiments about the path of medical training.
  • Posted by Emory Buck
  • On March 28, 2018
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The Power of “What Else?”

My first experience with coaching came weeks before I would strap into the catapult. I was mulling on a list of insecurities and anxieties about stepping into the nuance, uncertainty, and emotional challenges of patient care.
  • Posted by Jack Penner
  • On March 21, 2018
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Coaching in the Upside Down World of Health Care

Most physicians do not go into medicine to be in Business, “Today, would you like to focus on being with your patients?” or “Would you like to help us capture lost quality revenue, spend 30% of your time entering data into Epic, and help us reorganize your office workflow so you can see more patients in less time?” I guarantee no one will choose option two.
  • Posted by Sally Ourieff
  • On March 19, 2018
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Coaching Doctors: First Show Them the Evidence

My work in coaching physicians lives at the interface of what they know—getting it right—and what they often don’t realize, that being an effective executive leader requires additional skills and moving from linear to complex thinking.
  • Posted by Margaret Cary
  • On March 2, 2018
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