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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Fish out of water

“Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” -Max McKeown

Some of us may be worried about the numerous change initiatives that are helping us match our work force and how we provide care to the rapidly evolving needs of our patients. Examples include redeployment assignments, transitioning to more video care, and the strategic use of vacation time. Such pivot shifts are unsettling because they take us out of our comfort zones. Sabine Hill, AFM physician and wellness leader, GSAA, sent this uplifting message to her colleagues after her recent HBS redeployment training: “A big warm thank you to my HBS colleagues who helped me retrain my brain and fill it with HBS skills, especially Viet Tran, who was the kindest, most patient teacher I have ever encountered in my career. I have felt a tremendous welcome by the HBS department, so don’t be surprised if you see me hanging out more with you. I had the great fortune to train with many of the specialists this week, an extra bonus as these are colleagues I rarely get to connect with personally. I felt so privileged to learn neuro from Jina, Aparna and Stephanie; bump elbows with Amee, Kunal and Christian from GI; met new cardiologist Stephanie and reconnected with her colleagues Laura and David; ran into my AFM San Lorenzo colleagues who greeted me each morning waving the temperature probe at me; connected with Arora on a shared patient; and had a coffee chat with Yelena and Neelam from nephrology. After the first two days of initial HBS anxiety wound down, it was a true JAMM moment for me today.” #emergebetter #adapt2win


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