For Retired Fellow Dr Bruce Lambie, saying goodbye to shiftwork in the ED means having more time to focus on his much-loved hobbies and interests.
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Procrastination produces perfect retirement
“What do I do in retirement? My partner and I love travelling,” says FACEM Dr Paul Pielage. “I never wake in the morning and wonder how to fill my day. The whole retirement process was quite simple and painless.”
Support from friends and family helps manage the eternal juggle
FACEM and “fitness addict” Dr Roxy Shahtahmasebi is grateful for the ability to be there for her two children while maintaining her sense of identity – “and sanity” – by working part-time.
Beyond Wellness Week: “Improving our culture from the ground up and the top down”
“My greater goal is to use Wellness Week as a platform to create networks to support more sustainable wellness activity that helps everyone feel better and perform better,” says FACEM Dr Bishan Rajapakse as he and Dr Alison Robinson share what their ED teams are doing for Wellness Week – and beyond.
How FACEMs are leading ACEM Wellness Week in EDs
“Keeping people healthy is our job – but we must take the time to do it for ourselves too,” says Dr Rajesh Sehdev, as he and Dr Ina Schapiro share how they help drive wellness initiatives in their emergency departments.
Amaali Lokuge: Where is wellness found?
“Wellness is not something I can do intermittently and store away for later,” writes FACEM Dr Amaali Lokuge. “My personal cup of wellness is usually completely depleted at the end of one emergency shift, so it needs to be replenished daily.”
Living in “the best of both worlds” takes planning and compromise
As well as juggling work and parenthood, managing the ongoing education that a career in medicine requires is an important consideration that FACEM Dr Sara Towle says she’s “continuously working on”.
From the TV to the ED
“I was the first person in my family to go to university and into medicine,” writes FACEM Dr Andy Tagg. “Everything I knew about being a doctor came from watching fictional doctors on TV shows.”
Balance, sacrifice and tiny brown footprints
In some ways, writes Dr Juan Carlos Ascencio-Lane, working as an emergency physician perfectly mimics the random and chaotic multi-tasking necessary when you’re a parent with four young kids.