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 Spending all their time, energy and money on the development of clinical skills there is almost no time left to devote to self-management and interpersonal skills.
In fact, it is rare to find even an awareness of these aspects and their role in a successful medical practice. As a result, we see skillful clinicians with challenges and symptoms that stem from an underdevelopment of self-management and interpersonal skills.
Here are a few examples:
- Working long hours and never feeling "caught up".
- Sacrificing too much personal time for professional success.
- Frustration with administrative tasks of being a physician and with trend within the healthcare industry.
- Complaints about the healthcare system in general; perceptions of a bigger and more overwhelming challenge every day.
- Difficulties in dealing with demanding patients.
The list goes on and on...
Symptoms
As a result physicians:
- Feel overwhelmed with the demand that they face daily.
- Feel under-appreciated for all the work they do.
- Experience burnout.
- Damage personal / family / professional relationships.
- Feel dissatisfied with their career and their overall life.
- Act out by being disruptive, explosive and angry.
- Feel guilty that they don't spend enough time with their family.
- Want to leave the healthcare field and pursue a different career.
Diagnosis
Being a successful and fulfilled physician in today's healthcare requires more than just clinical skills.
Medical schools focus only on clinical skills; the schedule is so tight leaving no time to teach principles of self management and interpersonal skills.
As a result, most physicians never develop fully the complete skill set required in this ever demanding healthcare field which includes self-management skills and interpersonal skills. Hence, many of them live an unbalanced, overwhelmed, highly stressful life leading to professional dissatisfaction, burnout and personal discontent.
Solution:
 Life is more than a 50, or 60 or 100 hour work week and it is your responsibility to attend to your professional success, physical and psychological well being, your relationships, your family and the fullest expression of yourself.
More and more physicians are learning that a successful life requires equilibrium between their clinical practice, their personal life, and their relationships. The ever increasing demands of the managed care environment make this goal virtually unachievable without outside intervention.
The Balanced Physician program is an intense, action-oriented program that teaches the skills and guarantees the implementation of skills for physicians who want to:
- Realize their expectations of building a successful practice that makes a difference to their patients and that brings fulfillment to them and their staff
- Become recognized as a civic and community leader
- Feel energized and positive at the end of the day when they get home to their family
- Be able to have time for themselves their golf game or favorite hobby without feeling guilty or neglecting their family
- Take their patient service to a high level with a highly motivated and satisfied staff
- Reduce the likelihood of medical malpractice claims.
Speaking of a balanced skill set and results ... 
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