Thursday Jun 29, 2023

Mental fitness for physicians, Part 2

This episode of our award-winning podcast continues the discussion on why mental fitness is so crucial for physicians and other clinicians today and yet is a concept that physicians still tend to avoid or downplay. Physician training and medical school have not helped. Join us for this gritty discussion.

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guest:
Cecilia Cruz, MD, MPH, CPCC, ACC
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Marpe, LLC
Board-certified emergency medicine physician
Former co-chair of Quality
Division of Emergency Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem

Show Notes:

[01:00] The in-box, EMR documentation and authorizations have only gotten worse

[01:40] If we don’t change, it’s all going to fall apart

[03:23] Examples from medical school and training—a lack of respect

[06:45] The EMR and the need for a 27-hour day

[08:05] Deficit of 40,000 primary care physicians by 2030 (AAMC)

[08:30] Emerging mental health issues and workplace violence

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. Cruz’s email: ceciliacruz@marpejourney.com

Dr Cruz’s Linkedin page:

Cecilia Cruz - Founder and CEO - MARPE, LLC | LinkedIn

MARPE, LLC website:

https://www.marpejourney.com/

Though physicians spend years in medical school, residency and fellowships to learn how to care for patients, they spend little time learning how to care for themselves. Physician burnout, leading to physician turnover, is skyrocketing. On this episode, a physician who is a leading expert on physician stress, having gone through that stress herself, discusses how to improve mental fitness in those who’ve given their lives to the care of others.

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient

Guest:
Cecilia Cruz, MD, MPH, CPCC, ACC
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Marpe, LLC
Board-certified emergency medicine physician
Former co-chair of Quality
Division of Emergency Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem

Show Notes:

[01:10] Physician heal thyself? Not happening!

[02:35] Weakness means not being the best

[03:31] An ingrained culture of perfectionism

[04:20] The burnout crisis

[06:40] Physician types affected the most

[07:30] Bigger burden on specialists

[09:13] Overcoming – awareness is only 20% of progress