Podcasts

Doctor’s Digest is pleased to announce our practice management library now includes concise and informative podcasts created from the expert editorial you have come to expect from our publication.

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Download Podcasts: You can also download podcasts of Doctor’s Digest to your computer. To do this, right click on a podcast (MP3) link below and choose "Save Target As...", "Save Link As...", or a similar option.

Mac users may need to hold CTRL and click, then select "Download Linked File". You should then be asked where to save the podcast on your computer. All podcasts are mp3 audio files.

Personal & Professional Growth

• Doctor’s Digest — Avoiding Burnout [MP3]
  A lot has been written about physician burnout—how to recognize the signs and symptoms and how to get back on track. But the best course is to avoid burnout in the first place. The challenge is to find a workable balance between your work and your life so that burnout can never happen. View podcast brochure [PDF]
• Doctor’s Digest — Continuing Medical Education [MP3]
  Almost every state in the country requires physicians to complete a certain number of hours of continuing medical education, or CME, in order to maintain their medical license. But CME is important for another reason, too: it offers you a chance to stay clinically current, challenged, and invigorated. The current issue of Doctor’s Digest, entitled “Personal and Professional Growth,” offers the following information about how to make CME a convenient and helpful addition to your professional life. View podcast brochure [PDF]
• Doctor’s Digest — Working Part-time [MP3]
  Although physicians in some specialties tend to work more hours than others, the average physician clocks significantly more than the standard five eight-hour days. Physicians in anesthesiology, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, and urology report averages above 60 hours per week. Dermatology, emergency medicine, and pathology doctors clock in on the low end, but still hover around 46 hours per week. Once a physician makes the decision to scale back to part-time, the question becomes how to do it.View podcast brochure [PDF]