anesthesiologist – Anesthesia Guidebook

The following ten ideas have the power to change your attitude towards and even the trajectory of your professional career and life. There’s three core domains to developing as an anesthesia provider: your knowledge base, skill set and attitude. Each are unique and require different kinds of effort or deliberate practice to grow & improve. This guide is predominately about tweaking & improving the attitude you approach your career with. If you’re gonna show up in your life, why not show up with a level of stoke that pulls you through the doldrums & pushes you towards where you want to be? These ten ideas may help you do just that.

1. What you do matters because you hold the lives of your patients in your hands.

2. You’re only as good as the decisions you make today (sort of).

3. You provide a service and you are replaceable.

4. You have an incredible capacity to develop your skills, knowledge, attitude and even intelligence.

5. We work in systems that are designed by people, and people work in relationships.

6. No one cares about your money, career, scope of practice, time off, goals, wellbeing and success more than you do.

7. Embracing delayed gratification and understanding the power of compounding interest are critical to creating a brighter financial future for yourself.

8. You have more power, influence and capacity than you think, and so does everyone else.

9. Location – Compensation – Autonomy. You can pick 2.

10. Joy is more valuable than your income or job.

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Resources

Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The power of passion and perseverance (Vol. 124). New York, NY: Scribner. Retrieved from http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grit/Angela-Duckworth/9781501111105.

Dweck, C. S. (2008). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House Digital, Inc.. Retreived from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/44330/mindset-by-carol-s-dweck-phd/9780345472328/.

Ericsson, A., & Pool, R. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved from https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Peak/9780544947221.

Jebb, A. T., Tay, L., Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2018). Happiness, income satiation and turning points around the world. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(1), 33-38.

Oliver, M. (2020). Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. Penguin Books.

The Notorious B.I.G. (1997). Mo money mo problems [Song]. On Life after death. Bad Boy Records; Arista.

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Welcome! You made it! This is episode 1: the origin story, the backdrop, the context to who we are, where we’re from and where we are headed. Check out the podcast in your favorite player or right here on the website to hear our story, which is all about YOUR STORY!

You’re on a path to becoming an expert anesthesia provider… we’re here to help guide you.

Everything we do is designed to help you master your craft.

Anesthesia providers hold their patients’ lives in their hands during every case. You never know when you will face crashing hemodynamics, a lost airway or a life-threatening surgical problem… and each of these emergencies can be complicated by your patients’ pathophysiology, suboptimal systems of care that surround you and/or your individual preparedness for the moment.

Anesthesia Guidebook will help you deepen your practice so that you can come through for your patients when it counts.

If you’re just starting to explore the absolutely fascinating world of anesthesia, maybe as a critical care Registered Nurse, medical student, anesthesia resident or SRNA, we have stories, guides and resources specifically designed with you in mind.

Anesthesia Guidebook is also for those seasoned providers who are looking to level up, dig deeper, stay fresh and develop new skills. We’ll bring you the latest on evidence-based medicine and emerging trends & techniques in the anesthesia community, so you can stay sharp and give your patients and students your best.

Renowned psychologist and best selling author on human performance & expertise, Anders Ericsson, has said:

“Most professionals reach a stable, average level of performance within a relatively short time frame and maintain this mediocre status for the rest of their careers.” (Ericsson, 2004)

Ericsson’s words throw down the gauntlet for anesthesia providers. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. The most vulnerable times in our patients lives often begin when we say “hello.” We have an esteemed responsibility to meet the demand for clinical expertise & assure high functioning systems of care that our patients expect, deserve and entrust their lives to.

Anesthesia Guidebook will bring you compelling stories, e-books and other resources built around pathophysiology, pharmacology, airway management, human performance and team dynamics, all tailored to the high stakes environment you work in. Your path to becoming an expert anesthesia provider – to mastering your craft – will be the focus of everything we do.

Sources:

Ericsson, K. A. (2004). Deliberate practice and the acquisition and maintenance of expert performance in medicine and related domains. Academic medicine, 79(10), S70-S81.

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