Author Archives: Paul Lansdowne MD
Need help hitting it off with patients? Find yourself a coach
Have you ever wondered what your slugging percentage might be at work? How often do you really connect with a patient? Baseball fans might know what I mean. There are so many stats that we must pay attention to – … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Need help hitting it off with patients? Find yourself a coach
In Stressful Times, Performance Coaching can be a Lifeline
Surge, Subside, Repeat. This may sound familiar after two years of a pandemic. The practice of medicine may be rewarding but it also can be stressful in the best of times. Throw in COVID and a supply-chain crisis or two, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on In Stressful Times, Performance Coaching can be a Lifeline
The Physician Well-Being Committee
“It is important that physicians not bear the inherent stresses of their lives in isolation, that doctors see their colleagues as caring, and that they perceive a “safety net” in moments of distress.”1 In 2020, the effects of the viral … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged being, burnout, committee, Physician Wellbeing, well, wellness
Comments Off on The Physician Well-Being Committee
To treat “X,” start at the bottom.
Is the treatment for COVID-19, Ebola, and H.I.V. all the same? Charlie Warzel’s July 22nd piece in the New York Times, “How to Actually Talk to Anti-Maskers” is an excellent reminder that the very bottom of the medical pyramid should … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Empathy, Epidemic, Medicine, Patient Experience
Comments Off on To treat “X,” start at the bottom.
1. Increase work-load 2. Work 3. Repeat
There are more demands than ever on healthcare workers today. Yet according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic Program on Physician Well-Being, the healthcare system that is supposed to be the solution is the root of many of the problems. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on 1. Increase work-load 2. Work 3. Repeat
Methodist Physicians join Mayo Clinic to tackle Opioid Crisis
(Originally posted on August 11, 2018) I suspect you may have already read or heard some “bad news” today. This post is full of “good news,” even if it is a really harsh subject. The AMA says that the Opioid … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Methodist Physicians join Mayo Clinic to tackle Opioid Crisis
You Had Me at “Hello, My Name is Doctor…”
(Originally posted February 18, 2018) Doctors, You may know about Methodist Mansfield Medical Center’s Patient and Family Advisory Council which began meeting in August, 2017. The aim of the Council (PFAC) is to enable collaboration between patients and family members (about a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on You Had Me at “Hello, My Name is Doctor…”
A Promise to Our Patients
(Originally Posted January 23rd, 2018) This month, Methodist Health System will debut a new effort in patient experience. This initiative is based upon the reality that patient care and outcomes are improved, and the idea that Methodist can distinguish itself, by … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on A Promise to Our Patients
Three Good Things
(Oriniginally posted November 30, 2017) Sometimes you come across something so worthwhile you just have to share it. My wife first shared this idea with me some time ago. I came across it again just recently. Bryan Sexton, PhD, with … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Three Good Things
New Opportunity!
(Originally posted on September 1st, 2016) On October 1, I will be leaving my traditional office based practice for a position as an Obstetrics and Gynecology hospitalist at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Although I am very excited about this opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on New Opportunity!