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Well-Being And Leadership Within The Emergency Department, Jacob T. Berg, Thomas Matese, Dennis Anthony Cardriche, David Hotwagner
Well-Being And Leadership Within The Emergency Department, Jacob T. Berg, Thomas Matese, Dennis Anthony Cardriche, David Hotwagner
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
This article looks at well-being and the role of leadership from the perspective of emergency medicine. The importance of leadership within the emergency department (ED), emergency medicine writing at large, and the prevention of burnout and compassion fatigue cannot be overstated. This article looks at the need for more research and measured interventions within the ED. It also highlights some measures that could be taken to help improve well-being from a leadership perspective to improve patient safety and outcomes within the ED.
What Motivates You?, Mohamad S. Saad
What Motivates You?, Mohamad S. Saad
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
For over 100 years, we have tried to understand how human motivation works. Although various theories have been developed and different experiments have been conducted to explain motivational drive, we have realized that extrinsic motivation factors, such as rewards and punishment, and financial incentives are not the answers. More important and central to motivation is nourishing our innate human need to be autonomous, competent, and to relate to our organizational culture. All of us need to understand the story of motivation because, as dire as our need for high-quality motivation is, high-quality motivation remains an asymptote.