Sharing the Residency and Fellowship Experience at Cooper University Health Care
Dear colleagues,
A recent study in JAMA Psychiatry showed that mindfulness exercises worked as well as Lexapro for anxiety. Mindfulness treatments used in the study included breath awareness exercises, which involves paying attention to your breath as you allow …
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Friday is National Women Physicians Day, celebrated every year on the anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the very first female physician in the United States, receiving her medical degree in 1849. Dr. Blackwell promoted …
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Monday, we celebrated MLK Day, which served as an opportunity to reflect on work to eliminate racial injustice and upend class oppression wherever we see it. As we wait for the arc that moves toward justice, remember that …
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Financial Wellness is one important component of the Wellness Wheel that we often neglect. Not worrying constantly about our finances and being able to budget frees us up to focus on other aspects of our lives. We have …
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April is National Stress Awareness Month. Two common definitions of stress are physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension and a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources that …
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National Walking Day is every year on the first Wednesday in April. National Walking Day is exactly as it sounds – a day to celebrate the easiest way to be the healthiest version of you. Walking for thirty …
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Many use this week as an a two year anniversary marker for COVID-19 but there is certainly no shortage of things to be worried about in the world. Like other anniversary markers, it is an opportunity to reflect, …
February is Random Acts of Kindness Month at Cooper! There are numerous studies on the benefits of gratitude and sharing your appreciation for your colleagues and others is multiplicative! We also want to acknowledge all you do for others, for …
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There have been many concerns about physician wellbeing and stress. The next couple weeks will be very busy till the Omicron variant passes. Please listen to the 5 at 5 tomorrow night for updates from our administration.
We …
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A few miscellaneous thoughts for the New Years. It has been an incredibly difficult few years. It is hard to let go at the end of the day, and at the end of the year, but it may …