Coaching for Physicians

This edited collection brings together leading voices in the field of medicine and coaching to highlight the growing challenges healthcare professionals face today, providing practical coaching tools and approaches to empower physicians to not only survive but thrive in the 21st century. Combining the knowledge of two professions, healthcare and coaching, the contributors offer a detailed analysis and discussion of the growing issues in the healthcare industry, demonstrating how coaching principles can be implemented to help improve physician leadership, well-being, performance, personal and professional happiness, and positive patient outcomes. Chapters address key topics such as burnout, resilience, emotional intelligence, career coaching, team coaching, and best practice approaches when working with the unique challenges of coaching physicians. Filled with case studies, definitions, summaries, and key points throughout, this book provides solutions to manage the surmounting challenges we are seeing in healthcare across the world today. This book is essential reading for all coaches working with physicians, healthcare executives, nurses, and allied health professionals.

"Once the unnecessary stressors of medical practice are minimized or removed, the essential ones will still be there. A disciplined approach to coaching, as outlined in this book, can help physicians understand the traumas they face and successfully balance their work and personal lives."

Stefanie Simmons, MD. Chief Medical Officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes? Foundation

"Physicians face intense challenges every day and these challenges leave scars.  Coaching is one of the most effective ways to overcome challenges and for the first time, Dr. El-Aswad reveals the power of coaching for those in clinical practice.  With burnout and quits at an all-time high, this book is an essential reading for those helping to fix the healthcare crisis."

Paul J. Zak, PhD, author of Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness

"Coaching in the healthcare workforce has had an undeniable explosion of interest in the past five years yet is still new enough to be a daunting topic for those interested in understanding its scope, uses, and potential impact.  Coaching for Physicians provides needed structure, clarity, and exploration around the concept of coaching for the healthcare workforce, written in an entertaining and educational style.  A must read for those interested in staying on the cutting edge of well-being interventions and understanding how coaches think, process, and support the healthcare workforce."

Gregory Guldner, MD, MS, FACEP (Stanford Chief Wellness Officer Course Alumni; Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California Riverside School of Medicine)