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Balancing Career with Family and Social Life
Andrew S. Wright MD @andrewswright
Nothing to disclose
SAGES 2015 Disclosure Slide
Why Listen to Me?
• Struggle with Burnout
• Faced major health challenges
• Successful academic surgeon
– Research
– Grant funding
– Promotion
• Not as successful as I could be…but that’s ok
Balance
• Session 1: Designing and Funding Research 1hr 20min
• Session 2: Art of Scholarly Presentations 1hr 10min
• Session 3: Success In and Out of the Office
– P&T 20min
– Negotiation 20min
– Medico-legal 20min
– Financial Management 20min
Balance
• Session 1: Designing and Funding Research 1hr 20min
• Session 2: Art of Scholarly Presentations 1hr 10min
• Session 3: Success In and Out of the Office
– P&T 20min
– Negotiation 20min
– Medico-legal 20min
– Financial Management 20min
– Balancing Work and Life
Balance
• Session 1: Designing and Funding Research 1hr 20min
• Session 2: Art of Scholarly Presentations 1hr 10min
• Session 3: Success In and Out of the Office
– P&T 20min
– Negotiation 20min
– Medico-legal 20min
– Financial Management 20min
– Balancing Work and Life 15min
Issue #1
Left to the End/Easy to Ignore
Issue #2
Work Life
Not a Balance
Clinic
Childcare
Constant Juggling Act
Sick Patients
That overdue
paper
Grant funding
Personal Health
Spouse
Friends
Aging Parents
Exercise
Burnout
Ann Surg. 2009 Sep;250(3):463-71
Arch Surg. 2009;144(4):371-376
Burnout
• 32% high emotional exhaustion
• 40% burned out.
• 30% screened positive for depression
• 10–15% met criteria for major depressive disorder
Risk Factors for Burnout
Consequences of Burnout
Strategies for Personal Wellbeing
Strategies for Personal Wellbeing
Strategies for Personal Wellbeing
Advice
Setting Priorities
Setting Priorities
?Family
Setting Priorities
?Family
There is no such thing as a “Triple Threat”
- and really no such thing as a quadruple threat
Career: pick 1 primary, 1 secondary
Career: pick 1 primary, 1 secondary
Career: pick 1 primary, 1 secondary
Family 1st
Learn to say “No”
Amaliacochranmd.com
You don’t have to be a chairman to be successful as a surgeon…
You don’t have to be a chairman to be successful as a surgeon…
or as a person
Papers aren’t everything…
…becoming known for something is
It’s good to self-promote, within reason
Negotiate a good job
• Salaried (low reliance on RVU)
• Supportive partners
Reflect
Amaliacochranmd.com
Read
Exercise
Be willing to blow s*** off
Don’t answer emails during family time
Outsource
Find a hobby
Be prepared for the unexpected
Build a support network
Be willing to ask for help