Advice
Information and Resources to Understand the Challenges of Medical School and Build Coping Skills to Help Manage Them
Resilience Skills
Realistic Expectations
Compassionate Communications
Wellness
What is Resilience?
Mindfulness
Changing Your Thoughts to Work for You
Managing Emotions and Stress
Getting Support
Self Care
Avoiding Harmful Ways of Coping
Diet, Exercise, Rest & Reset, Sleep
I. General Medical School Stressors
Handling Common Medical School Stressors
Work – Life Balance and Study Tips
Financial Concerns
II. Early Clinical Training Stressors
Top Clinical Training Stresses and Tips
Handling Challenging Work Evaluations & Maintaining Self-Esteem
Challenges In Working with Patients, Coworkers, and Superiors
Clinical Teamwork
III. Challenges of Transitioning to Residency
Medical System and Burnout vs. Empowerment
Common Challenges in Medical Practice
Tips and Resources for Transitioning to Residency
IV. Career Regret?
IV. Career Regret?
- Distinguish Career Regret from Burnout
- Potential Career Pivots
I. Cultivating Compassion and Empathy
- What Is Compassion?
- The Components of Compassion
- What is Empathy?
- Cultivate Compassion
II. Compassion in Medical Practice
- Compassion Fatigue vs. Satisfaction
- Delivering Difficult News
III. Compassionate Communication Skills
- Compassionate Listening
- Active Listening
- Reflective Listening
- Eliciting Information Openly
Yoga
Meditation
Controlled Breathing
Body Scan
Self-Check
Choose your category:
Medical Students
Physicians
Nurses
Professional Quality of Life Scale (PROQOL)
External Resource:
AUDIT: A Screening Tool for Alcohol Use Disorder
The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Tool) screens for problematic alcohol use. You can download the questionnaire and a guideline to score it from the World Health Organization.
