Learning Non-Technical Skills Might Save a Patient’s Life

Human factors, leadership, and communication are the top three contributors to unexpected events in a healthcare setting that kill or harm patients.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On July 12, 2018
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The Value of Presence in Medicine

I suspected she was in good hands. I was window dressing. I was doing what all physicians are often asked to do—to just be there, to help translate medical terms, to comfort the patient and her family.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On July 12, 2018
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The Essential Difference Between Management in Medicine and Managing in Business

The problem is physician executives were landing in their posts for the same reason that physicians became department chairs in academic medicine – not because they were good at management, but because they were well-respected clinicians.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On July 10, 2018
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Hard Cases: What Happens When a Medical Mistake Has an Unthinkable Outcome

We physicians live in a blame and shame world, a rigid hierarchy, one where Mistakes. Are. Not. Allowed.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On July 10, 2018
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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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Talking Polarities: From Just Either/Or to Supplementing Either/Or with Both/And

Margaret Cary, MD MBA MPH PCC and Cliff Kayser, MSOD, MSHR, PCC “I’m so exhausted. I love my patients, but caring for them gets in the way of time with my family. I have young kids and I want to be there for them. My dad was always at work and I barely remember him. I […]

Posted by Margaret Cary
On March 28, 2018
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The Importance of Coaching in Creating A Whole New Doctor

Following are five essays written by students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine who participated in a program called: “A Whole New Doctor.”

Posted by Jack Penner
On March 27, 2018
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Impact of Medical Student Coaching in A Whole New Doctor

From the very beginning students’ eagerness to discover their hidden potential and enthusiasm for personal skills building stands out as the most important aspect of this coaching engagement.

Posted by Lubna Maruf
On March 22, 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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