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Rise and Shine with Breakfast

Bored with your bowl of oatmeal? Tired of your toast and jam? Ready to step outside the (cereal) box for breakfast? Switch it up with these creative combos that are easy-to-make and will keep you shining all morning long!

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This Thanksgiving Eat More! (Non-starchy veggies, that is!)

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Palliative Care: Helping Patients Live Their Best Lives

Lynn’s husband Steve was diabetic and diagnosed with end stage renal disease 11 years ago. Without warning, Steve’s condition turned critical three years ago. Desperate for guidance and strength, Lynn was connected to April and the Palliative Care team at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Losing More Than Sleep

Everybody suffers occasionally from not getting enough sleep. But a lack of sleep can do more than just make you feel tired the next day. Chronic sleep problems can be a contributing factor to more serious health problems.

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Are You Ready for Flu Season?

While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses are detected year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, although activity can last as late as May.

With flu season approaching, make sure you understand what the flu is and how to avoid it.

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Stress & Burnout

Urgent/counseling or Grief/loss

Stress Reduction/Relaxation

Tips for Managing Anger 
Tips on Managing Stress
Relaxation Techniques
Mini-Relaxation Exercises
See Mindfulness/Self Compassion classes/resources
Work & Well-Being Toolkit for Physicians

Test Yourself

Stress screen
Anxiety screen
PTSD screen
Alcohol use  

General Stress

Types of Stress
Stress Signs and Symptoms
Six Myths about Stress  

Work Stress

Workplace Stress
 

Traumatic Stress

Coping with Traumatic Stress
What is Post-Traumatic Growth?

Burnout

Physician Resilience and Burnout - Can You Make the Switch?
Reversing Burnout: How to rekindle your passion for your work
Physician Satisfaction, Burnout and Patient Care Quality - lecture slides Dr. Mark Linzer
Banishing Burnout, Leiter and Maslach, 2005 ISBN-13: 978-0470448779
Faculty Health in Academic Medicine: Physicians, Scientists, and the Pressures of Success, Cole, Goodrich, Gritz, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1603274500
What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine, Ofri D, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0807033302

Adverse Event and Litigation Stress

Coping with Adverse Patient Outcomes

Physician Litigation Stress Resource Center - excellent, comprehensive including
Litigation Stress Video (3 min.)
Coping with a Medical Malpractice Suit

Contact your medical specialty, medical society or insurance group for support resources, such as ACOG: Coping with the Stress of Professional Liability Litigation

Adverse Events, Stress, and Litigation: a Physician’s Guide Charles SC, Risch PR, 2005 ISBN-13: 978-0195171488
How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: the Physician’s Roadmap for Success.  Brenner IR, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1444331301  

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