Every day, in my job as an anesthesiologist, I am called upon to manage conflict. Sometimes, it’s between two members of my team, sometimes it’s between coworkers, and many times it is a conflict I may have with my own co-worker or peer.
Whether it’s because someone I supervise is chronically late or underprepared, I have to go …
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A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
There are some moments in life that, when you look back years later, you see a pivot. The fork in the road you didn’t recognize at the time, that looking back, changed the trajectory of your life.
One of those moments in my life …
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A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
The grayish white zippered sheet being laid on the patient stretcher was the first clue.
It was the middle of a busy day at the hospital. I had been taking care of several patients for their elective surgeries in the operating room (OR) when …
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