“What is the physiologic stress a surgeon goes through?”
Dr. Jamie Coleman is a Trauma Surgeon & Director of Communications and Outreach at Denver Health, & Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is also a leader in studying the impact of physicians working long hours. We discuss her compelling work studying the impact of sleep deprivation as well as the impact of “Scarcity Mindset” in medicine.
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Key Learnings
Trauma surgery as a conversation starter & how working long hours is a place of curiosity
The lack of education around being “on call”
How Jamie feels after being on call and how long it takes to recover
The physical demands of being on call
The mindset Jamie carries into Trauma call
What is trauma call like?
How Jamie’s research is the first step towards getting better
The current state for Trauma surgeons
Recognizing the “supply issue” and impact of Scarcity Mindset
Links
Twitter @jjcolemanmd
Article on sleep deprivation in Journal of American College of Surgeons
MDEdge article