Thriving in Healthcare: A Positive Approach to Reclaim Balance and Avoid Burnout in Your Busy Life

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A happy, long-lasting career in healthcare requires more than just mental fortitude

Far too often, you hear of colleagues leaving healthcare; they're burnt out, their work stress has crept into their home life, and they just need some respite. Meanwhile, their responsibilities are dispersed amongst the remaining team, and the cycle is perpetuated by the added work, lack of resources, and feelings of inadequacy.

In Thriving in Healthcare, Drs. Simonds and Sotile provide a survival guide for the psyche, packed with insights and strategies to help you develop the resilience needed to succeed and grow both personally and professionally in the modern healthcare industry. Based on their decades of experience coaching healthcare professionals, and building upon their findings from a five-year resilience development program at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Simonds and Sotile bring solutions to the top barriers healthcare professionals face, including:

Debunking the myth of work-life balance and, rather, finding the blend that works for you
Hardwiring healthy coping mechanisms for dealing with on-the-job stressors
Fostering a collaborative and joyful workplace culture that encourages teamwork

Healthcare is one of the hardest and most rewarding professions. However, you can't help others if you don t take care of yourself. It's time to take charge of your path and own your future career, happiness, and results.

Gary R. Simonds, MD, MHCDS, is a highly experienced clinical and academic neurosurgeon. He trained at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and completed a medical research fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He also holds a master s degree in health care delivery science from Dartmouth College. Dr. Simonds has practiced at Walter Reed and at the Geisinger Clinic. He is the former chief of neurosurgery at Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and he originally developed and ran the Virginia Tech Carilion Neurosurgery Residency Training Program. He is a professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience, and the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. Known for his compassion and broad neurosurgical expertise, Dr. Simonds has personally performed over 13,500 operations, adult and pediatric. His interests have included socioeconomic issues affecting patient care, medical ethics, education of all levels of learners, and the promotion of wellness in medical practitioners and trainees. He is active in many national neurosurgical committees, courses, and societies, and routinely presents nationally on subjects ranging from brain tumor research to ethics in healthcare delivery to compassionate care to innovations in education to resilience-building in healthcare providers.<P>Wayne M. Sotile, PhD, is an international thought leader on physician resilience and one of the world s most seasoned clinicians specializing in life coaching for physicians and medical families. Over the past 35 years, he and his group have coached and counseled over 14,000 physicians. He is a pioneer in the field of clinical and health psychology. A former faculty member of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Dr. Sotile is the founder of the Sotile Center for Resilience and the Center for Physician Resilience in Davidson, North Carolina. He consults nationally with healthcare organizations and medical group practices concerned about resilience. He serves as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine and as a special consultant in physician leadership and development for Atrium Health (formerly Carolinas HealthCare System) and FirstHealth of the Carolinas. He has coauthored nine books, including The Resilient Physician, The Medical Marriage, and Letting Go of What s Holding You Back, and he is published widely in the peer-reviewed medical literature on topics related to physician burnout and medical family life. Dr. Sotile has received lifetime career achievement awards from the American Academy of Medical Administrators and other healthcare professional societies. He has delivered more than 8,000 invited addresses to medical organizations throughout the country.