American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Finding Momentum in Inadequacy
Life is complicated. We constantly need to learn something new. Too much, though, is new. Always new. The new does [...]
Never Succumb to Therapeutic Nihilism
An aspect of practicing medicine that often troubled me early in my career, and that arose periodically since when treating [...]
Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue affects professionals working with people presenting with forms of pain and suffering and it can lead the professional [...]
Harness Regret for Success
Regret is a complex human emotion. However, regret’s power to help and to harm is often misunderstood, and it’s often not perceived at all. Even among those aware of regret’s power [...]
Motivational Strategies
A few years ago, I ran across something written by Angela Duckworth, the psychologist well-known for her research and writings [...]
You Are More Than a Clinician
Before a patient walks into your office, you’re just a random clinician the patient got an appointment with. That patient [...]