Wellbeing Checkup

Important aspects of wellbeing, such as exercise, eating healthy, sleep, hobbies, and so much more are often placed on the back burner in the pursuit of excellent patient care — but that doesn't always need to be the case. Hear wellbeing tips and tricks from your colleagues on Wellbeing Checkup, a quick guide to staying healthy for healthcare professionals.

Episodes

Wellbeing Checkup: The Humanitarian Hand in Power Generation

FieldCore Global EHS Leader Megan Raines discusses the company’s efforts to ensure worker health and safety at all levels, with humanitarianism and wellbeing being at the core of everything they do.

Wellbeing Checkup: Women’s History Month

Kate Boatright, VMD, reflects on being a female in a veterinary leadership role and provides her best advice for other women in the industry on overcoming common challenges and taking time to care for yourself. She also shares what the awareness month means to her, women who inspire her, and much more.

Wellbeing Checkup: Three Tips for Physician Self-Care

Tosin Smith, MD, a glaucoma specialist with Glaucoma Associates of Texas in Dallas, shares 3 self-care tips that fellow surgeons may find helpful for managing work-life balance, burnout, and physician wellness.

Wellbeing Checkup: Put Down the Phone

Registered dental hygienist and consultant Brandi Hooker Evans, RDH-ER, MHE, MAADH, advises dental professionals on how just a small lifestyle change like going for a walk rather than scrolling on the phone can have lasting positive change.

Wellbeing Checkup: Value-Based Oncology Care

Recently appointed as Medical Director of Oncology at Thyme Care, Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on what patients with cancer should expect from value-based care (VBC) providers, as well as recommendations for VBC providers when expanding to new communities.

Wellbeing Checkup: Living a Satisfying Life

Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, chief of the Division of Oncology and Hematology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and co–editor-in-chief of the journal ONCOLOGY, discusses how she combats stress and burnout, the importance of living a rich and satisfying life outside of work, and how she and her colleagues maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Wellbeing Checkup: Having an Outlet

Maria T. Abreu, MD, discusses how important it is for doctors to take some time out of their day everyday to unwind and think.

Wellbeing Checkup: How to Avoid Burnout

Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH, provides advice on how physicians can avoid burnout based on her discussion that took place at the Society of Women in Urology Annual Clinical Mentoring Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Wellbeing Checkup: Well-Woman Exam for Younger Patients

Millicent McCarren, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Allegheny Health Network, spoke with Contemporary OB/GYN about the many challenges in getting younger patients into the office earlier for their annual woman visits. McCarren also discusses the importance of these early visits, why adolescent girls are delaying their well woman visits, and how health care providers can mitigate these challenges.

Wellbeing Checkup: Health-Related Quality of Life

Rebecca Silbermann, MD, MMS, discusses the drug combination from the phase 3 GRIFFIN study and how it showed health-related quality of life improvement in patients with multiple myeloma.

Wellbeing Checkup: Breath for the Soul

Dr. Jan Patterson, Integrative Medicine and Infectious Disease Physician, discusses her book "Breath for the Soul".

Wellbeing Checkup: Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

This segment talking about the health impact of being on a plant-based diet. Author Denise Stegall, who wrote the book: "Healthy Living, Happy Life- A Practical Path to Finding the Healthy Lifestyle that Works for You", discusses how to implement a plant-based diet, offers some resources on finding recipes, and the ancillary benefits associated with being on a plant-forward diet such as aiding with climate change.

Wellbeing Checkup: Avoiding Physician and Patient Burnout

Amy Spizuoco, MD, talks about the ever growing problem of doctor burnout in the US, how she personally tries to combat it, and the advice she has for both patients and other clinicians to try to stay positive and present in your practice.

Wellbeing Checkup: Identity Wellness

Courtney Campbell, DVM, DACVS-SA, explains how a lack of diversity in your workplace can affect your overall wellbeing and mental health. He also offers some solutions for how you can support BIPOC staff members in your clinic or hospital.

Wellbeing Checkup: Balancing Romance and Family While Treating Patients

Harneet Kaur Walia, MD, and Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia, MD, talk about their love, careers, family, and how they balance it all.

Wellbeing Checkup: How to Help a Colleague in Emotional Distress

It is common for physicians to mask their emotional distress in front of colleagues and patients, making it crucial for clinicians to be on the lookout for signs of distress among their peers, according to Rebekah Bernard, MD, family physician and national speaker on physician wellness and practice management. Dr. Bernard shares common signs of emotional distress to be aware of, discusses how to start a dialogue about mental health with a colleague, and offers 3 suggestions for physicians on connecting with peers and caring for their own wellbeing.

Wellbeing Checkup: Horseback Riding

Cindy Jackson, DO, FAAP, discusses staying physically fit through horseback riding. Jackson has been horseback riding since she was a kid and believes that people who start horseback riding as a child can continue doing so throughout their lifetime.

Wellbeing Checkup: Promoting Equitable Health Care

Recently appointed as vice chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) new Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Directors Forum, Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD, a thoracic surgeon and assistant professor at City of Hope, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on advice she would give to resident doctors and other health care professionals just entering the health system in promoting health equity in their practice and managing marginalized communities.

Wellbeing Checkup: Preventative Health

Preventative care is an important part of maintaining your health and wellbeing. Colleen Patel, PharmD shares her definition of preventative care, its importance, and her favorite ways to practice it. As a pharmacist and financial coach, Patel believes some of the best investments you can make are in your mental and physical health.

Wellbeing Checkup: Fear Free Environment for Employees

We often hear about Fear Free environments for pets in the veterinary space. However, on this episode of “Wellbeing Checkup,” Dr. Peter Weinstein, president of PAW Consulting, described his concept of a Fear Free environment for employees as well. This promotes a safe, comfortable workplace for all free of hostility and toxicity, improving staff members’ mental health and ultimately, helping to provide the best care to patients and clients.

Wellbeing Checkup: Being Proactive vs Reactive

Sisters Michelle Pearlman, MD, and Amy Pearlman, MD, recently left their careers in academic medicine to start a private practice together. In this episode, they share why they made this move and emphasize the importance of self-care.

Wellbeing Checkup: Maintaining a Personal Touch With Telehealth

When it comes to maintaining a personal touch with telehealth appointments, appropriate patient selection is key, explains Krupal Patel, MD, MSc, FRCS(C). Patel and his team also conducted research on both patient and providers’ opinions of telehealth, and found that many providers actually still felt connected to their patients, even if their visits were virtual. Similarly, patients also felt that they had better connection to their clinicians, highlighting that telehealth could be a fantastic option that offers more flexibility for both patients and providers.

Wellbeing Checkup: Walking Your Dog

Isis Lamphier, MPH, CIC, is an infection preventionist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL discusses how she handles burnout herself by reading and walking her puppy. She describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected morale and burnout in her colleagues.

Wellbeing Checkup: Importance of Screenings

Jeff Andrews, MD, details why it’s important to get regular tests and screenings for cervical cancer.

Wellbeing Checkup: The Mind-Skin Connection

Dermatology Physician’s Asssistant Renata Block talks about how clinicians can recognize the physical manifestations of stress in patients, and the advice she gives to patients about de-stressing (tips that she follows, herself)

Wellbeing Checkup: Overcoming Burnout in Radiology

Radiologist Jonathon Lee, MD, shared insights from his experience on the insidious nature of burnout, emphasized the link between work-life balance and productivity, and discussed a recent partnership between the teleradiology service provider vRad and the behavioral health consultancy VITAL WorkLife to help promote well-being for vRad teleradiologists.

Wellbeing Checkup: Postpartum Depression

Postpartum depression (PPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in pregnant and postpartum women are severely underdiagnosed and undertreated. What can we do to help these patients? In this episode of Wellbeing Checkup, Anita Clayton, MD, of the University of Virginia and Nathan Bryson, PhD, of Reunion Neuroscience discuss PPD and MDD diagnoses in pregnant and postpartum patients, as well as the potential of more convenient, faster-acting psychedelic-derived treatments for PPD and MDD.

Wellbeing Checkup: Recognizing Cognitive Decline

Dr. Sharon Cohen stresses the importance of recognizing and raising awareness of cognitive decline. Medical director of the Toronto Memory Program, Dr. Cohen provides perspective on the need for therapies like lecanemab and access to them at the earliest stages of decline.