Center for Professional Well-Being
21 West Colony Place Ste. 150
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 919-489-9167
Fax: 919-419-0011
Web site: http://www.cpwb.org
The Center for Professional Well-Being offers various educational, consulting, and advisory programs and services. The Center is devoted to promoting well-being among healthcare professionals, including students, and their families, their practice organizations, and other professionals. In addition to workshops and seminars, the Center for Professional Well-Being offers individual and practice assessments, telephone consultations and a newsletter in which physicians exchange ideas about professional satisfaction.
Center for Professional and Personal Renewal
555 Bryant St. Ste. 160
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 800-377-1096
Fax: 650-329-1887
Web site: http://www.cppr.com
The Center for Professional and Personal Renewal offers one- and two-day workshops that focus on revitalizing physicians' professional and personal lives. Workshops are held several times annually and are led by practicing physicians and experts in professional renewal.
Hazelden
PO Box 11 CO3
Center City, MN 55012
Phone: 800-257-7810
Web site: http://www.hazelden.org
Hazelden is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction. They provide residential and outpatient treatment for adults and young people, programs for families affected by chemical dependency, and training for a variety of professionals. Hazelden is also known as the world's premier publisher of information on this subject and related areas.
Menninger Leadership Center
PO Box 829
Topeka, KS 66601
Phone: 800-288-5357
Fax: 913-648-3155
Web site: http://www.menninger.edu/
The Menninger Leadership Center at the Menninger Clinic offers individual and group practice consultation as well as a three-day personal and career development seminar. The clinic also provides a program for professionals in crisis.
Professional Renewal Center
1201 Wakarusa Ste. A-4
Lawrence, KS 66049
Phone: 877-978-4772
Fax: 785-842-5231
Web site: http://www.prckansas.org
The Professional Renewal Center is a national treatment center for professionals with substance and/or behavioral addictions.
Physician Life Balance
SELECTED READINGS FROM FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
15 Tips for Managing Life at Work and Home
-- No gimmicks, no tricks. Just basic advice for getting the most out of the time you have without letting it get the most of you.
Family Practice Management, February 2000.
Balancing a Personal Life With OB Care
-- Family physicians can deliver babies and have a life, but not without setting some guidelines.
Family Practice Management, June 2007.
"Blending Work and Family"
-- Your professional life and your personal life can cohabit peacefully.
Family Practice Management, May 2004.
Doctorhood and Motherhood
-- Medicine and parenting possess many similarities, but they differ in at least one significant way.
Family Practice Management, February 2006.
Eight Ideas for Managing Stress and Extinguishing Burnout
-- Small changes can make a big difference in how well you deal with the pressures of practice.
Family Practice Management, April 2002.
Having It All, a Little at a Time
-- Parenting isn't easy, and neither is medicine. But as your children grow, you'll find the two can coexist peacefully.
Family Practice Management, April 2005.
Life Balance: 17 Tips From Doctors, for Doctors
-- How do family physicians balance their personal and professional lives? We decided to ask the experts - you!
Family Practice Management, June 2001.
Making a Living and a Life
-- A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.
Family Practice Management, September 2004.
Making Family Practice Doable in Everyday Life
-- Having trouble coping with the demands of your profession? Self-examination can make your work more meaningful and manageable.
Family Practice Management, April 2003.
Part-Time Practice: Making it Work
-- Find out how and why growing numbers of family physicians are working less.
Family Practice Management, June 2004.
Physician Support Groups
-- Making meaningful connections with your colleagues can give deeper meaning to your profession.
Family Practice Management, October 2000.
Preventing Burnout
-- The personality traits that make you a good doctor may also make you a target for burnout.
Family Practice Management, April 2000.
Rediscovering the Joy of Family Practice
-- Developing a strong inner world helps us gain a new enthusiasm for our work, which in turn makes us better physicians.
Family Practice Management, October 2003.
The Day Care Stare
-- The struggle of a physician who is also a parent is exacting and ongoing.
Family Practice Management, October 2003.
WHERE TO GO FOR HELP
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