Career Assessments Align Professional, Personal Goals

The more often physicians examine their career, the better they become at understanding themselves and using that understanding to their advantage, said Dr. Gaillour, who advocates annual assessments. Others suggest a daily dose of assessment.

“Daily, a physician can create a ritual to just check in with themselves, have a space where they can ask themselves questions of what went well today, what do I want more of, if there are complaints that are arising,” Dr. Allen added. “It’s an important way of preventing ourselves from getting in a place where we are really dissatisfied.”

Article adapted with permission from the Society of Hospital Medicine.