> Does anyone know of course or how to rejuvenate a pissed-off GP?
> I've tried drink, odd sexual habits, kicking the cat and beating my
> practice manageress but can't get no satisfaction, only a letter
> from the RSPCA. Help.
Most of the above would be arrestable as well as ineffective.
Try: DOWNSHIFT
That means:
1. Pay someone else to do some of the work
2. Sit on committees
3. Take a week off every 8 weeks
4. Delegate, delegate and then delegate some more
5. Pay someone else to do work whilst you go and do something
interesting that is paid more than locum/assistant rates (I lecture
on the Internet!)
6. Pay HealthCall to do all of your out of hours, don't mess with
coops
7. Say no, be assertive but gentle, sometimes even be rude
8. Keep saying to yourself: no one can afford what I do
9. Move: practice, home, career or all of the above.
10. Don't take it seriously
11. Don't take crap from anybody (that includes never having to write
reports and biz plans or messing about with commissioning, charters,
PGEA, Health of the Nation, Audit etc.)
12. Buy your head!!
To improve one's quality of life, given our somewhat restricted
earning potential will entail spending money. You will have to *buy*
quality.
So: Risk's Pursuit of Happiness Principle:
Practice medicine without patients, buy your head and don't let
anyone call you Doc.
Al Hakim
"I should have been a pair of rugged claws......"
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