A different job really seems the only real solution . Of course, as the famous saying goes, “Better the moron that you know than the moron you don’t.” ????
Never heard this before but seems very wise. Very good point.
In my experience people don’t always start off as Morons. Some of them may have been very good clinicians in the past. When your life changes to meetings and spreadsheets they no longer think like a clinician. It may be good for you to climb the ladder one day, but without continuing to do patient care it is inevitable for perception to change....
Right now I’m dealing with several dissatisfied docs. And professionally (meaning in therapy), I have dealt with several serially dissatisfied physicians.
The question you have to ask yourself is whether the environment is dissatisfying or you are easily dissatisfied. I have worked with both kinds of docs. And in fact two right now, one of each type. The first one has quit twice in four years; and in my opinion is likely to be dissatisfied no matter where he works, until he is his own boss. The second has been a long tenured employee who is always pleasant and flexible and a team player, yet a new development has caused his dissatisfaction. This doctor brought the issue to my attention and is actively working with me to solve the problem.
Guess which doc I’m more interested in helping? Guess which one admin writ large wants to help? Which doc is the hospital more willing to bend over backward to help, to sustain, to please, and ultimately to re-engage?
Hint: not the one who calls his bosses morons.
At the same time obviously there are bad situations and you have to recognize them and move on.
Good luck.
In my experience people don’t always start off as Morons. Some of them may have been very good clinicians in the past. When your life changes to meetings and spreadsheets they no longer think like a clinician. It may be good for you to climb the ladder one day, but without continuing to do patient care it is inevitable for perception to change. I speak from personal experience.
Typically changing jobs (unless it is so bad your license or patient safety are in jeopardy) may make one thing better but worsen something else. I agree with whoever mentioned the Serenity prayer above. It wasn’t until about by 7/8 year that I realized I had to stay calm and some stuff was just how it was going to be. Good Luck.
I understand the OP’s sentiments. I’ve had times where I’m not on call or back-up call yet I’ve had to go in and help with something because both the resident and attending did not know how to do an intraoperative consult frozen section. I’m pretty bad about jumping to the negative emotions about the situation, but I tried to focus on more training for the resident. As the for attending aspect of it, I was happy it was a certain attending who willfully acknowledged that she should have known how to perform a frozen section. I tried to mention that all attendings (& residents) should know how to handle all aspects of our job, and a halfway decent lawyer would go to town had this situation gone bad. It just fell on deaf ears.
I’m still learning to take things for how they are. You can still accept a situation for how it is, and as difficult as it may be, staying outwardly positive may slowly help you get more people to push for change.
If you don’t respect them leave with adequate notice. Lack of social skills can land you in a malpractice situation. Cross coverage with them can also end up there if they are not managing cases well. Pride in your work and the group practice is very important to avoid burn out
In my experience people don’t always start off as Morons. Some of them may have been very good clinicians in the past. When your life changes to meetings and spreadsheets they no longer think like a clinician. It may be good for you to climb the ladder one day, but without continuing to do patient care it is inevitable for perception to change. I speak from personal experience.
Typically changing jobs (unless it is so bad your license or patient safety are in jeopardy) may make one thing better but worsen something else. I agree with whoever mentioned the Serenity prayer above. It wasn’t until about by 7/8 year that I realized I had to stay calm and some stuff was just how it was going to be. Good Luck.
Isn’t that called giving up?
I, myself, question how certain people have risen to the rank of leader while others haven’t. I suspect a similar sentiment is shared in all other fields as well. I think, in general, getting those leadership positions requires a combination of luck, timing, and a unique skill set that is often difficult to articulate and under-appreciated. Furthermore, networking and ‘playing the game’ requires significant energy, and is not necessarily as easy as it looks from the outside.
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