In this real-life coaching session, we walk Dr. Brit Long through building a framework to help navigate being overwhelmed during the middle part of an emergency department shift. Since this session, he has become more efficient, gotten home earlier on a consistent basis, lowered his stress level, felt less burnout, and experienced more joy in his career. 

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Guest Bio

Brit Long is an assistant professor of emergency medicine in San Antonio, Texa, and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Content at emcdocs.net. He is one of the most published authors in the field of emergency medicine. In addition to that, he is a father of two and works in both academic and community settings.

We Discuss: 

• The fundamental differences between the beginning, midpoint, and end of the shift
• Why mid-shift is so fraught
• What we usually do when feeling overwhelmed
• Why willpower will almost always fail as a sole strategy for keeping up with documentation
• The specific steps for navigating mid-shift overwhelm
• Early detection of overwhelm
• A mid-shift action plan
• How to keep up with documentation
• The real reason timely documentation is important
• Breaking through your comfort zone
• Brit’s plan for triaging tasks 
• Why deferring charts is so seductive and a slippery slope