Friday, February 15, 2013

What You Need To Know About Physician Coaching

By Kerry Ross


Being a doctor is almost synonymous as knowledge and success. Indeed, most if not all people look up to them and dream to be wearing that white coat themselves someday. There is no denying that doctors are well trained professionals and are expected to be the problem solvers instead of help seekers. But just like common people, doctors have their own frustrations in life and even in their careers. Physician coaching is a great way to provide an outlet for them and most importantly make necessary improvements with their lives.

There have been numerous reactions toward such practice. To some it is as helpful as it guaranteed them to be, however to others this may be hard to accept that a successful doctor such as him or her, will rely to someone and help him or her to face their challenges in life. Doctors are trained to handle broken bones, comas, febrile convulsions and so on, but they were never trained on how to face challenges that normal human beings have.

Ironically though, doctors were believed to be in the leadership roles. These skills needed to be taught, learned and practiced. The lack of knowledge and skills on such area may result to more conflict and less efficient work and personal relationship. Coaching is about guiding or assisting a doctor to see the issues and things in front of them which they were not aware before.

To start with, this activity is actually a partnership between the coach and a client on a creative and thought provoking process which aims to inspire the client in particular, to maximize his professional and personal potential. During the activity, the coach will assist their client to achieve the life and career change that he or she most desires.

Although medical doctors are successful with their careers, most often than not, their personal life and relationships could be in strain. For example, if one is doctor that seems to take good care of his or her patients but not to himself, or if you realized there's not enough time to do things that really matters to you, then such practice could be very helpful.

Keep in mind that there's a big difference between psychotherapy and this one. Psychotherapy from the name itself is focused in finding for any signs of psychopathology, making a diagnoses, providing therapy and perhaps prescribe necessary medications. On the other hand, this activity focuses on life balance, its challenges and unfulfilled dreams.

The ultimate goal of such activity is to help the doctors who have lost the joy an passion for their work, that is affecting both their professional performance and personal lives. The activity strives to renew the passion that the doctor once had for his profession or better yet rekindle the joy they had once, for their work.

Such activity can be done either by the phone or traditionally, in person. Expect to hit some rough parts during the whole activity, as being honest and vulnerable always is. However, you can expect to be a better person and better doctor a well after the activity.

Physician coaching is a relationship built on openness, trust, willingness to face challenges. Common results of such activity is improved working relationships with clients and peers, increased teamwork, increased productivity and remarkable return of investments. Sometimes an organization or institution can launch this program and perhaps increase patient satisfaction on your facility.




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