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CAREER & FAMILYCAREER & FAMILYBALANCEBALANCE

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Process OverviewProcess OverviewCore Values

Mission

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Strategic Plan

Annual Goals

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What means a lot to you?What means a lot to you?

Your PlanYour PlanValuesMission, passionGoals:

•Career goals: •Clinical care, Research, Education, Advocacy•Single, double, or triple threat?•Academics/non-academics?

•Personal goals

Career and Family Career and Family Balancing Balancing MYTHSMYTHS

Career and Family Career and Family Balancing MythsBalancing Myths

You are the only one who is out of balanceYou are the only one who is out of balance Only people in demanding careers like Only people in demanding careers like

medicine are out of balancemedicine are out of balance If only I could be more efficientIf only I could be more efficient If only I could sleep less/had more energyIf only I could sleep less/had more energy If only I had the right partner…If only I had the right partner… If I take care of everyone else, I’ll be OK…If I take care of everyone else, I’ll be OK… I can be a perfect spouse, daughter/son, I can be a perfect spouse, daughter/son,

parent, and physicianparent, and physician

Coping Strategies Reported by Women Coping Strategies Reported by Women Physicians in Academic MedicinePhysicians in Academic Medicine

Levinson W et al. Levinson W et al. J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28

Changing structural aspects of Changing structural aspects of personal and professional lifepersonal and professional life

Changing personal expectationsChanging personal expectations Increased efficiencyIncreased efficiency Social supportSocial support

Coping Strategies: Changing structural Coping Strategies: Changing structural aspects of personal and professional lifeaspects of personal and professional life

Hired/purchased supportHired/purchased support 73%73% Limiting personal/social activitiesLimiting personal/social activities 54%54% Limiting/restructuring professional Limiting/restructuring professional

activitiesactivities 14%14% Delegation/negotiation of tasksDelegation/negotiation of tasks

4%4%J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28

Coping Strategies: Changing personal Coping Strategies: Changing personal expectationsexpectations

Attitude/cognitive reappraisalAttitude/cognitive reappraisal 8%8% Personal attention/tension reduction Personal attention/tension reduction

12%12% Partition and separate rolesPartition and separate roles 9%9% Overlook demands, reduce standardsOverlook demands, reduce standards 4%4% Family activities and vacationsFamily activities and vacations 7%7% Eliminate rolesEliminate roles 3%3% Setting priorities, reevaluationSetting priorities, reevaluation 5%5%

J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28J Am Med Women’s Assoc 1992;47:25-28

Coping Strategies: Increased Coping Strategies: Increased efficiencyefficiency

Activities aimed toward maximizing Activities aimed toward maximizing efficiency for meeting all demandsefficiency for meeting all demands 53%53%


Coping Strategies: Social SupportCoping Strategies: Social Support

SpouseSpouse16%16%

NonspouseNonspouse 7%7%


Healthy Recipe for SuccessHealthy Recipe for Success

Make time every day for one-on-one time Make time every day for one-on-one time with your significant others [partner/children]with your significant others [partner/children]

Don’t get sidetracked by interruptionsDon’t get sidetracked by interruptions Ask for helpAsk for help Maintain a positive attitudeMaintain a positive attitude Remember, you don’t have to be perfectRemember, you don’t have to be perfect


Know yourselfKnow yourself Be honest with yourself and othersBe honest with yourself and others Keep your sense of humorKeep your sense of humor View others in a crisis as an View others in a crisis as an

opportunity to practice resiliencyopportunity to practice resiliency


Having some control over schedule and Having some control over schedule and work hourswork hours

Set priorities and decide what Set priorities and decide what comes firstcomes first

Top 10 Balancing GuidelinesTop 10 Balancing GuidelinesAdapted from Berkowitz C, Gahrmann NAAdapted from Berkowitz C, Gahrmann NA

1. Know your mission & values, set priorities and 1. Know your mission & values, set priorities and decide what comes firstdecide what comes first

2. Build a support network2. Build a support network3. Let go of guilt3. Let go of guilt4. Establish limits and boundaries, learn to say 4. Establish limits and boundaries, learn to say

“no,” don’t try to be all things to all people“no,” don’t try to be all things to all people5. Be organized5. Be organized

Balancing GuidelinesBalancing GuidelinesAdapted from Berkowitz C and Gahrmann NAAdapted from Berkowitz C and Gahrmann NA

6. Enjoy quality family time, time with kids and 6. Enjoy quality family time, time with kids and partnerpartner

7. Take care of yourself7. Take care of yourself8. Be flexible, recognize there will be lack of 8. Be flexible, recognize there will be lack of

balance at timesbalance at times9. Share tasks, delegate, ask for and use help9. Share tasks, delegate, ask for and use help10. Keep things in perspective, enjoy each day10. Keep things in perspective, enjoy each day

Time Management Tips Time Management Tips

Say “no,” be pickySay “no,” be picky DelegateDelegate Make everything you do count for two—Make everything you do count for two—

multi-taskmulti-task


Know the Know the time rhythmtime rhythm that works for you that works for you and your familyand your family– Identify your peak hours and use them for Identify your peak hours and use them for

peak activitiespeak activities– Schedule mindless tasks for mindless timesSchedule mindless tasks for mindless times– Figure out how your rhythms work best with Figure out how your rhythms work best with

your family’syour family’s


Know the Know the physical environmentphysical environment where where you are most productiveyou are most productive– Where? Starbucks? Music?Where? Starbucks? Music?– Clear your deskClear your desk– Go paperlessGo paperless


Have Have protected scheduled timeprotected scheduled time for tasks for tasks– Writing timeWriting time– Family timeFamily time– Spouse timeSpouse time– Your timeYour time

Time Management Tips Time Management Tips Control the phone and emailControl the phone and email

– DelegateDelegate– Reply at set hoursReply at set hours– Limit time on each call and replyLimit time on each call and reply

Control the mailControl the mail– Review mail during another activityReview mail during another activity– Review mail over the recycling binReview mail over the recycling bin– Handle each piece onceHandle each piece once


Fight procrastinationFight procrastination Live close or use travel time wiselyLive close or use travel time wisely Avoid the “tyranny of the urgent”Avoid the “tyranny of the urgent”

Tips from a SurgeonTips from a Surgeon

Your children get only one childhood – Your children get only one childhood – make it memorablemake it memorable

Frame every “disaster” with these words, Frame every “disaster” with these words, “in 5 years, will this matter?”“in 5 years, will this matter?”

Your job will not take care of you, your Your job will not take care of you, your family will. Take care of your familyfamily will. Take care of your family

McHenry CR. In search of balance. Amer J Surg 2007. 193: 293-7McHenry CR. In search of balance. Amer J Surg 2007. 193: 293-7

URGENTURGENT NOT URGENTNOT URGENT

IMPORTANTIMPORTANT -project deadline-project deadline-sick child-sick child-clinical crisis-clinical crisis

-time with loved -time with loved onesones-journal reading-journal reading-writing/publishing-writing/publishing-exercise-exercise

NOT NOT IMPORTANTIMPORTANT

-most phone calls-most phone calls-most daily -most daily interruptionsinterruptions-most one hr meetings-most one hr meetings

-most TV-most TV-most gossip-most gossip

Adapted by # and Stephen Covey

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