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Strengthening Your Strategic Network to Advance Your Clinical Research Career
Building a strong network of like-minded colleagues is key to advancing in clinical research, unlocking opportunities, and reaching career goals.
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The Importance of Adopting a Lean Mindset and Culture for Health Care Organizations
Lean methodology, originally from the automotive industry, has been adapted in health care to improve patient outcomes, cut costs, and reduce waste. It focuses on continuous improvement, eliminating waste, and valuing frontline staff as key problem-solvers. Successful lean implementation requires leadership support, staff involvement, and a cultural shift, with the aim of making small, ongoing improvements that transform health care delivery.
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Valuable Real-World Training for Clinician-Scientists
Clinical researchers face challenges such as designing effective studies, securing funding, and analyzing data, but advanced training in research skills can help overcome these obstacles.
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How Clinician-Leaders Can Build Quality Improvement, Safety and Informatics Skills to Increase Value for Patients
Since a 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine highlighted issues in health care safety, there has been a greater focus on improving quality and value. Clinicians are now essential in driving change, requiring skills in informatics and improvement methods while keeping the patient experience at the center.
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The Need for Clinicians to Strengthen Health Care Research Skills
Clinicians must enhance their understanding of research design, epidemiology, and biostatistics to critically evaluate studies and design impactful projects that improve patient care. Developing these skills enables them to collaborate effectively, interpret evidence rigorously, and apply findings meaningfully in clinical settings, ultimately advancing both their careers and health care outcomes.
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Using the Arts and Humanities to Build Resilience and Well-Being and Reduce Burnout in Pediatrics Health Leaders
As physicians, nurses, and other health care workers in the United States face increasing pressure to do more with less, there has been growing interest in the benefits of incorporating artistic and humanistic values into medical training to build resilience and wellness.
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Exploring the Emotional Side of Illness through Writing
In the intensive care unit, food is an important symbol for the medical staff, providing a way for them to deal with their sadness and anxiety. Food is also a way to offer comfort to grieving families. Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, thinks a lot about such telling details that she encounters on the job.
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Simulation Training Helps Surgeons Refine Their Skills and Strengthen Leadership Potential
The concept of incorporating simulation technology as a training method is certainly not new; it has been gaining traction in recent years, building on its success in helping pilots advance their knowledge base and confidence.
