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March 30, 2021

Interview with Janice Nimura's about her book, The Doctors Blackwell. Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell helped establish women in physician leadership.

The rise in the research pointing to mindfulness as a reliable way for physicians to improve their resilience, performance, relationships, and well-being should generate interest.

Each of the seven “clusters” of medical professionalism is impacted by both internal and external forces that affect physicians as they grow into leaders.

Recognizing and addressing unconscious bias and the effect it has on physicians and healthcare teams is one of the most serious leadership challenges today.

With the publication of this issue of the Physician Leadership Journal, the world has now been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than a year. At no other time, as physicians and as leaders, have we in healthcare been challenged like this.

This article describes the process of returning to private practice.

Our research aimed to summarize existing studies examining burnout among physician assistants, assess major factors of burnout, and suggest solutions to alleviate burnout among physician assistants.

How reframing and rethinking failure can improve healthcare.

Arrogant leaders create a toxic environment that decreases motivation and sends people packing. Here are several strategies for keeping arrogant leaders in check.

As more people turn to the Internet to find physicians, taking charge of your online presence is critical. Here’s how to do it.

Launching an effective and competitive job search requires skills and knowledge often overlooked by those wishing to navigate any job change, much less a career transformation.

This article is the transcript from a conversation about the needs and expectations of today’s patients and how the medical practice staff can help with the patient experience.

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