Work/Life Balance

Here's how physicians can better find balance and regain control of their time and responsibilities.

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Most physicians struggle to find balance between work and home, but it's not as difficult as you might think. Here experts share their top tips.

A physician's life is complicated. Success and happiness require productive adaptation.

The life of a physician is a complex system. The challenge is to make it a complex adaptive system to survive and thrive.

Sending children away to summer camp gives this physician a unique opportunity to reassess her work-life balance.

Medical practices, just like other work environments, face significant challenges when it comes to navigating increasing demand for flexible scheduling.

There's no doubt that becoming a physician means hard work and long hours. Is the lack of work-life balance worth it?

It's possible to balance things as a physician at work and home more by bringing the best parts of each to the other location.

The pressure to excel can be an overriding factor in physicians' lives. So stop a minute and praise your staff, your patients, even yourself. It's good medicine.

Physicians, like others who serve, often meet professional obligations before their own personal needs. But it is important to carve out time to recharge.

Physicians are just as vulnerable to lack of sleep and skimping on lunch as patients. Activity trackers are one way you can address the problem.

Family physician Jennifer Frank laments that she is in danger of losing the human connection she so enjoys with her patients.

Hard-charging business executives know the value of stepping back from professional demands in order to recharge. Physicians should do the same.

Most physicians are their toughest critics. How do you keep things in perspective and measure your own professional success?

Best intentions are often not enough to manage extra demands on a physician's time. Saying "no" can be a necessary and welcome evil.

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Motivators like financial success and a fulfilling work environment are not equally shared by all physicians. It is important to ask yourself what really matters to you.

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Going that extra mile for patients can be tempting. But overworked physicians must think about the "return on their time," first.

Sometimes it takes a conscious effort to get away and unplug. Just don't think you need to make up the time when you get back from your retreat.

Physicians are minted with the imperative to be perfect. Often that's a zero sum game; don't hold yourself to that exhausting goal.

Life is short - don't let anxiety keep you from enjoying it.

New survey results suggest that many locum tenens physicians may be more satisfied than other physicians.

Competing demands often make it difficult to draw boundaries between home and work for busy physicians. It helps to have a plan.