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Author: Dawn Ellison MD, Emergency Medicine physician, certified professional coach, certified stress management and resilience trainer, corporate advisor, speaker, and author. Physicians rarely get angry with patients. We’ve been selected and trained to feel compassion…but that’s changing.  Patients we’ve taken care of for decades are now ignoring our advice to get vaccinated. We sympathize when …

Conversations about vaccination: Show patients you understand and care Read More »

Author: Dawn Ellison MD, Emergency Medicine physician, certified professional coach, certified stress management and resilience trainer, corporate advisor, speaker, and author. I have intentionally looked for gratitude during this time of overwhelming illness, isolation, divisiveness, and virtual connections. It is a practice that I work on daily. It may surprise you, but it wasn’t difficult …

Grateful for Virtual Meetings …..and ways to make them better. Read More »

By anonymous physician. It was a cold winter morning in January 2021. Another day in the ICU, another day caring for critically ill patients with complex medical conditions, another day caring for patients on their death beds, another day interacting with patients families and their emotions, another day of putting on a strong face for …

Plea of a Critical Care Woman Physician! Read More »

Author: Nandita C. Gupta, MD, FACCMedical Director, Cardiovascular Service Line, OHSU Health- Hillsboro Medical CenterAssistant Professor of Cardiology, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU Research conducted by the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), a nonprofit research organization in New York defines the three pillars of Executive Presence (EP) as gravitas, communication, and image. Stated differently, EP reflects how you act, how you speak, …

Executive Presence For Women Leaders Read More »