Your Career archives: Balance and satisfaction
The path to attaining a 'virtuous' professional life
It is critical to understand our own values that guide our communication with patients. (February 2002)
Strategies to balance training, your personal life
While medicine encourages compulsiveness and sacrifice, residents need to be well-rounded to thrive (July-August 2001)
Internal medicine: healers for adults
Reflections on the noble calling of healing patients (April 2001)
Burned out? Ask patients about their quality of life
How an empathetic question provided one physician with a gold mine of intimacy and revelation (February 2000)
Surviving the tug-of-war between career and family
Women physicians say that getting organized and learning to relax can help balance competing demands (July/August 1999)
Changes in medicine's mommy track
Shifting demographics and more physician mothers mean new opportunities—and worries (December 1999)
Letter: Mommy track
A member shares her views about being a physician and mother (February 2000)
Despite managed care, internists are satisfied
About 90% of internists surveyed by telephone last fall reported that they were satisfied with their careers (March 1998)
A look at physician satisfaction in a time of change
It may not be as secure as in the past, but medicine still offers more job security and prospects of a good income than many other careers (March 1998)
When a vacation isn't enough, consider taking a sabbatical
With proper planning and determination, a several month mini-sabbatical can be a reality for most practitioners (January 1998)
In new ACP survey, internists say they're satisfied
Most physicians like their practice, even though they have concerns about managed care (September 1996)
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