Sustainable Clinical Medicine with The Charting Coach

On Sustainable Clinical Medicine we are capturing the stories of physicians who have made clinical medicine sustainable in their own lives, including their before and after stories. I will also interview coaches who are helping Physicians create sustainable clinical medicine for themselves.

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Episodes

Ep. 9 - System Change Starts With You

In this week's episode, I talk to Dr. Joan Chan about change within your practice. Dr. Chan shares that system change starts with you, even the smallest changes you make will have a ripple effect. Dr. Chan talks about how changes that you make within your practice serve your patients as well. Her message is that you are not responsible for your patients' thoughts, feelings, actions, or even outcomes. We offer, we influence, and we support but ultimately, we must understand what is not under our ...

Mar 20, 2023•40 min•Ep. 9

Ep. 8 - You Don't Control Other People's Expectations!!

In this week's episode, I sit down with Dr. Megan Melo. We talk about how practicing medicine doesn’t always look the way that we want it to and can’t always look the way we want it to look. We talk about how as a physician we give our time, our care, and our concern in the hopes to make up for the lack of knowledge we feel that we have, and this creates toxicity. Meet Dr. Megan Melo Megan Melo is a Family and Obesity Medicine Physician, as well as a Certified Life Coach, specializing in Physici...

Mar 13, 2023•49 min•Ep. 8

Ep. 7 - Can Your ADHD Help The Entire Practice?

In this week’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. She shares her before and after being part of the Empowering Women Physician group. She also shares how asking for the additional support that you need to accommodate your ADHD may benefit the entire practice. Meet Dr. Diana Mercado Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh, is a Family Medicine Physician, Clinic Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, and nursing home Medical Clinical director. She is also the founder of OverAchieve Life C...

Mar 06, 2023•39 min•Ep. 7

Ep. 6 - Could A Scribe Help You?

In this week’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Ahluwalia and chat about how she implemented using a scribe in her practice. She trained her scribe from scratch and has started training other scribes within her practice to help other physicians cut the charting time and focus on the patients instead of worrying about charting. Meet Dr. Ahluwalia: Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia is the past Chief of the Rheumatology Division of the William Osler Health System in Brampton, Ontario. She continues to be actively ...

Feb 27, 2023•29 min•Ep. 6

Ep. 5 - Insomnia is a 24-hour problem!

In this episode, I chat with Janet Whalen about how she helps bad sleepers & insomniac's become great sleepers! She shares that sleep is an inside job - no amount of supplements, weighted blankets, and blue light-blocking glasses helps as much as training your brain and body to relax on purpose; Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and productivity focus are the main enemies of sleep for most busy women. Insomnia is a 24-hour problem that we need to work on during the day! Meet Janet Whalen: Jane...

Feb 20, 2023•37 min•Ep. 5

Ep. 4 - Stop Resisting Your Day & Start Appreciating It!

In this episode, I sit down and talk to Dr. Jessie Mahoney who is a Board-certified Pediatrician, a certified life coach, and a yoga and mindfulness instructor. She shares all about how making the change from resisting her day to appreciating her day made her practice much more sustainable! How she sets intentions, is more mindful, and how she is helping other physicians have a different experience in medicine. Meet Dr. Jessie Mahoney Dr. Jessie Mahoney is a Board Certified Pediatrician, a certi...

Feb 13, 2023•30 min•Ep. 4

Ep. 3 - Shifting Your Mindset, How to Gain Your Weekends Back

In this episode, Dr. Sarah Smith sits down with Dr. Milene Argo a board-certified Internist from Athens, Georgia! They talk about how Dr. Milene shifted her mindset from leaving the charting to the weekends and after clinical hours, to focus on creating a balance between charting and her personal life instead and gaining her weekends and after clinical hours back! Dr. Milene chats with us about how she shifted from ‘the patient comes first’ to shifting to making sure she is putting herself first...

Feb 06, 2023•38 min•Ep. 3

Ep. 2 - Rebuilding Your Life and Career as a Physician Following Burnout

In this episode, I sit down and chat with Dr. Kara Pepper. She talks about how burnout almost crippled her career and how she was able to rebuild her life and her career after she took the break she needed. She shares how she found coaching and is helping normalize taking a break when you need it. Meet Dr. Kara Pepper Dr. Kara Pepper is a practicing primary care telemedicine Internist and Certified Life Coach in Atlanta, GA, who rebuilt her life and career after burnout. She uses forward-facing,...

Jan 30, 2023•30 min•Ep. 2

Ep. 1 - Sustainable Clinical Medicine is for YOU!

In our first episode, you get to know me and my journey in medicine as Michele Hannay interviews me! We chat about what got me into medicine, my start in medicine and how The Charting Coach came to be! Meet Michele Hannay Michele Hannay is passionate about helping physicians to reclaim the joy in their practice and create thriving clinics with teams that work. She is a certified executive coach with close to 20 years experience in quality improvement, team culture and practice re-design. -------...

Jan 12, 2023•45 min•Ep. 1

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