Tag Archive for ‘Being Well and Staying Competent: Challenges for the Surgeon’
The disruptive physician: Addressing the issues
This article describes how disruptive physician behavior impedes optimal patient care and offers a step-by-step approach to addressing this type of conduct.
The aging surgeon: When is it time to leave active practice?
A surgeon’s potential markers of performance in the aging surgeon is the focus of this article. It includes a review of skills assessment issues and offers practical solutions for senior practitioners looking to transition away from practice.
Get some rest: Minimizing the effects of sleep deprivation on patient care
Sleep deprivation among surgeons and residents is the focus of this article—an excerpt from Being Well and Staying Competent: Challenges for the Surgeon, a guidebook issued earlier this year by the Board of Governors’ Committee on Physician Competency and Health.
Physician personalities and burnout
The Bulletin will be publishing excerpts from the Board of Governors’ Committee on Physician Competency and Health guidebook titled Being Well and Staying Competent: Challenges for the Surgeon, which is posted on the members-only Web portal. The following is the first article in that series.
Governors’ Committee on Physician Competency and Health
The latest report of the Board of Governors’ Committee on Physician Competency and Health provides updates on committee activities and highlights the recently released Being Well and Staying Competent: Challenges for the Surgeon, which is available on the ACS members-only portal at www.efacs.org.
