Wellbeing for Thoracic Surgeons, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 34-3 - July 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Elsevier Clinics
- Editor: Cherie P. Erkmen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 8 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 8 9 - 0
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Cherie P. Erkmen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Wellbeing for Thoracic Surgeons. Each article discu… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Cherie P. Erkmen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Wellbeing for Thoracic Surgeons. Each article discusses an important aspect of a surgeon’s professional and personal life so he or she may find a balance between best practices at work and purposeful engagement and presence away from work and at home. Articles review health maintenance, career transitions, financial wellbeing, hobbies and activities, personal relationships, and much more.
- Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including sleep, nutrition, health maintenance: optimizing work relationships for wellbeing; managing career transitions in cardiothoracic surgery; wellness strategies amid bad outcomes and complications; personal relationships and wellbeing for cardiothoracic surgeons; and more.
- Provides in-depth articles on wellbeing for thoracic surgeons, offering actionable insights for better physical and mental health outcomes.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Safety and Optimizing Ergonomics for Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Wellness Strategies Among Bad Outcomes and Complications
- Key points
- Background: bad outcomes in cardiothoracic surgery
- Rising from the ashes: strategies for coping, surviving, and thriving
- Now what: growing for the future
- Sleep, Nutrition, and Health Maintenance in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Health maintenance
- Closing statement
- Financial Well-Being for Thoracic Surgeons
- Key points
- Introduction
- Student loans
- Education funds
- Building financial strength, increasing personal assets, and planning for retirement
- Retirement accounts
- Asset location strategy
- “Doctor mortgages”
- Protecting personal assets in school, training, life, and beyond
- Estate planning
- Hobbies, Distractions, Obsessions, and Addictions
- Key points
- Introduction
- Abuse, Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination, and Allyship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Bullying and harassment in cardiothoracic surgery
- Discrimination in cardiothoracic surgery
- Allyship
- Mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship in cardiothoracic surgery
- Summary
- History and Current Status of Well-being Among Organizations (Impact of Wellness on a Section, Division, Institution and Profession, ACGME Requirements, Policies)
- Key points
- Introduction
- History of burnout in the medical field
- Burnout in cardiothoracic surgery
- Current efforts to combat burnout
- Aspirational efforts to combat burnout and improve wellness
- Clinics are points
- Optimizing Work Relationships for Well-Being
- Key points
- Introduction
- It starts with teamwork and communication
- The effect of leadership on workplace relationships
- Psychological safety and its effect on workplace relationships
- Conflict in the workplace
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Personal Relationships and Well-being for Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Key points
- Introduction and summary of research
- Summary
- Well-being Through the Synergy of Community Engagement, Health Equity, and Advocacy
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Definitions
- Solutions and advocacy
- Discussion
- Summary
- Managing Career Transitions in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Transition from training to practice
- Transitions during career
- Transition to retirement
- Strategies of Well-being Training and Resilience
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 34-3
- Published: July 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443246883
- eBook ISBN: 9780443246890
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Cherie P. Erkmen
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple Lung Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA