Are My Coping Skills A Result Of My Emergency Medicine Training?

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We re encouraged to mentally rehearse life-saving procedures for conditions that occur so rarely we might go our entire career without performing them And the reality is that I could spend every minute of my free time this way and still have an unexpected situation arise during my next shift So is there a way as experts in disaster preparedness to accept what we cannot control Thankfully time medication and therapy helped me out of a very dark place and the journey has prompted me to reconsider my priorities Tessa and I only meet about once a month now With her continued help I m hoping to find a way forward in the specialty I love but with the understanding that I m no longer willing to sacrifice my own mental wellness Adrienne Van Curen is an emergency physician She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article Are my coping skills a result of my emergency medicine training Did you enjoy today s episode Rate and review the show so more audiences can find The Podcast by KevinMD Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out Reflect and earn 1 0 AMA PRA Category 1 CME for this episode Also available in Category 1 CME bundles Powered by CMEfy – a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit s Learn more at about cmefy com cme-infoClick here to visit this podcast episode