INSIDE : inside.mc.duke.edu

January 22, 2007 Volume 16 No. 2

That’s LIFE
Improving Patient Care Through Physician Wellness

Medical students work hard for four years, making social, familial, and physical sacrifices not often called for in other professional training programs. They tax their intellects and emotions to their limits, doing whatever is necessary to master their coursework and retain the oceans of information flooding their minds.

And then comes residency.

Stress and fatigue cannot be avoided during the rigorous training of young doctors....

“Physicians experience stressors that put them at risk for fatigue, impairment and burnout in ways that other professionals are not,” says Duke’s Kathryn Andolsek, M.D., pictured here (center) with Duke residents. Andolsek helped create the new LIFE curriculum to promote physician wellness.

	Books for Iraq School of Nursing Community Reaches Out to Iraq A few days before President George W. Bush announced his new plans for U.S. involvement in Iraq,...
	King’s Legacy Resonates Globally “We are part of a generation that believes we can change the world, and never in human history...
	Research in the Community— Getting it Right, Making a Difference Duke Center for Community Research (DCCR) Promotes Standards for Working with the Durham Community Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles about translational medicine at Duke....
	Duke Medicine Brings its Branding Campaign Home It began, appropriately enough, with a championship. The new Duke Medicine commercials first...If the external campaign is to tell the world about Duke’s extraordinary stories, then the...