5 Strategies That Never Fail.. It is easier than ever to make a great career in medicine. You wanna know why? Because your competition is very busy. Your competition is very busy complaining about the tough circumstances they have to work under. because they did not organize they’re daily work schedule well and they are wasting time. This doesn’t make it EASY […]
My 3 Most Important Tools . Time is the most precious resource we have. In the upcoming webinar I share my most important tools I use to ensure that I use my time efficiently. I invite you to join me in this webinar. You will learn the tools I use to effectively communicate with colleagues and collaborators to manage “input” (things […]
Time is a precious resource. It is the most valuable resource we have, because as opposed to money and energy it can not be won back. Once it is lost, time is gone forever. So especially in the hospital I am quite intentional on how I spend my time. And I am even more intentional […]
I get many emails from other parts of the world asking for advice on how to start a medical career in Germany. What is one thing I can do to maximize my chances? I always answer this: There are many measures you can take like deciding not only for a specialty but also a niche in […]
I have been working at the Charité University Medicine Berlin since 2008. Me and many of my colleagues are very content with working here, but every now and then you hear cynical voices about how bad, slow and misorganized things supposedly are. As I have written before, I think that this discontent should always trigger some […]
Every day I come across several problems that I am not responsible for: Personal computer in the doctor’s room is slow. Printer is out of toner. Biopsy gun is broken. Two out of three elevators don’t seem to work. The only closet in the physician’s office is filled with old patient files. All of these […]
…so you can focus on the important tasks again. . Mobile phones for doctors have changed the clinical routine tremendously. The pager is gone and everybody can be reached whenever he is at work. Is this a progress? I am not sure. Turns out that the threshold to contact doctors in semi-important issues is close to an all-time-low while the number of calls and hence interruptions […]
On my first day in the OR during an internship in NY a physician’s assistant briefed me: “You know, the surgeon we are going to spend the next 6-7 hours with yells. A lot. Keep in mind he is not yelling at you. He is just yelling…“ As it turned out he was right and […]
Basically, there are two strategies of spending your day on the ward: Go with the flow and look what’s coming up. I have a well-structured plan. When unexpected things come up, I modify my plan. I am a big fan of strategy number 2. Over the years I have learned that structuring your day gives […]
Never has it been this easy to train your clinical skills on the subway, on the bus or on the toilet. All you need is a smartphone and this app.
How? Have a look at this Videoblogpost.