Happy doctors? Balancing professional and personal commitments

Professional diversity and personal commitments of pediatric otolaryngologists.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the time demands and practice patterns of pediatric otolaryngologists. DESIGN Prospective survey of members from the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. RESULTS The survey response rate was 54% (n = 136) of practicing members of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Respondents described being actively engaged in clinical otolaryngology (99%),...

The holistic healthcare executive: balancing personal and professional lives.

A commission of lunacy, mad doctors, and happy hunting.

Makeshift sledges after social occasion can lead to an unhappy end to a holiday Sledging can be compared with another high risk activity, motorcycle riding. The 1268 inpatients admitted over one year included 280 motorcycle drivers, among whom there were seven spinal injuries but no cases ofparaplegia.' When high speeds are achieved sledging is intrinsically dangerous. Even when compared with m...

Personal commitments needed to reduce violence.

Personal professional journeys.

It’s possible that you are reading this shortly after returning from the AOTA Annual Conference and Expo in Minneapolis. For those who were not able to attend, let me tell you a little about what the experience of “conferencing” is like—at least for me, a veteran of at least 20 conferences. In my early days as an occupational therapist, I attended Conference to hear about the newest assessments...