Resiliency

Resiliency is the human character trait to suffer an insult and return to a state of dis-despair, to return to one’s homeostatic equilibrium. In life we all will encounter problems, errors, disasters. How we deal with it, is how we come to be resilient. As physicians, we must take our own advice and practice what …

Physician burnout

As physicians, we all decided to help others. Those of us in Emergency Medicine decided to help others at their most ill, at the most traumatic moment in their lives, or at their wits end as far as where to seek answers. Sometimes we can help, and sometimes we cannot. Regardless of what their reason …