Lightning rounds #27: Burnout and career satisfaction

We chat about why people get burned out in medicine, how to weigh the pros and cons of our work, and the right perspective on job satisfaction.

Lightning rounds #27: Our favorite FOAM

Bryan and Brandon share their favorite podcasts, blogs, social media, and other online channels for medical education.

Podcasts

Blogs/websites

Twitter accounts

So, with Twitter, we could post all day and still leave a bunch of people out. Here are a few…the best way to find good Twitter followers is to start with these and see who THEY follow and interact with. Then see who THEY follow…repeat.

  • @IMcrit
  • @rbarbosa91
  • @caseyalbin
  • @critconcepts
  • @CritCareNotes
  • @emily_fri
  • @Dr_Oubre
  • @VLSorrellImages
  • @NephroPOCUS

Lightning rounds #26: How we follow the medical literature

We discuss our approach to keeping up with research, learn about new studies, interpret them, and some general thoughts on how to apply new literature to our practice.

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Lightning rounds #25: FailureFest! (Why we’re bad and so are you)

A candid discussion of our flaws, mistakes, weaknesses, and errors, and a look at why it’s important to reflect on these things in medicine, acknowledge them, and try to improve.

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Lightning rounds #24: Getting into leadership roles

After our recent episodes on publishing papers and giving talks, we close off with a review of leadership and academic rank: sitting on committees, educational roles, faculty appointments, and more.

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Lightning rounds #23: How we do end-of-life care

A general discussion about how we recognize patients are dying, how we steer into discussions regarding goals of care, and the many biases and errors we often bring to the table.

Two-part blog post at Critical Concepts on palliative care ICU admissions, including a detailed script for the conversation.

Three-part blog post at Critical Concepts on our biases

Lightning rounds #22: Our drugs of choice

Bryan and Brandon go through their default, go-to drugs for common clinical indications in the ICU: stress ulcer prophylaxis, empiric antibiotics, hypertension, and more.

Lightning rounds #21: CME, merch, Patreon, and other podcast updates

Updates on the podcast, including how to claim credit for continuing education, how to support us by becoming a patron or buying merchandise, and our general perspective on making money through free medical education.

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Lightning rounds #20: Being efficient

Brandon and Bryan chat about tricks and methods of increasing efficiency and getting things done at work.

Lightning rounds #19: How to write a journal article

Continuing the discussion from last Lightning Rounds about presenting at conferences, Brandon and Bryan chat about writing for peer-reviewed journals: why, how, and the process from choosing co-authors to choosing journals to navigating the submission.