July/August 2023

Physician Leadership Journal

July/August 2023

Vol. 10, No. 4 · 10 articles

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  1. Workplace Gender Bias

    PLJ July/August 2023 Grace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE

    Workplace gender bias typically takes one of two forms. Descriptive bias or prescriptive bias. Recognizing these biases can do much to overcome them in today’s workplace.

  2. Striding into Your Future with Confidence: Leading from Within

    PLJ July/August 2023 Marsha Milburn Madigan, MD, MPH, FACPE, CHE, ABFP, FAAFP

    Our personal and professional satisfaction and fulfillment hinge on our being ourselves, which requires knowing how we as individuals function optimally. Physician leaders should examine whether they are following the...

  3. Physician Perceptions of Administrative Leadership Development Post-COVID-19

    PLJ July/August 2023 Carmen Wah Liang, DO, MPH, Stuart Menaker, MD, Megan Mahoney, MD, MBA

    This study revealed that physicians need training beyond traditional undergraduate and postgraduate medical education to prepare for administrative leadership as they and healthcare institutions navigate the post-COVI...

  4. How Physician Leaders Are Tackling Medicine’s Mental Health Crisis

    PLJ July/August 2023 Lola Butcher

    Burnout, marked by emotional exhaustion, a lack of empathy for or negative attitudes toward patients, and feelings of decreased personal achievement, is not a mental health diagnosis, but it is a serious condition tha...

  5. Grief, Grieving, and Grievance — Growth to Move Forward

    PLJ July/August 2023 Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

    How can we better understand our grief as physicians, and how might we convert anguish to an improved receptivity and sense for opportunity and growth?

  6. Forgiveness — Finding and Giving It

    PLJ July/August 2023 Neil Baum, MD, Arch Stokes, JD

    This article discusses the concept of forgiveness, how to find and give it, and how forgiveness applies to our medical practice.

  7. Building Emotional Intelligence Through the DiSC Assessment

    PLJ July/August 2023 Dean Gianakos, MD, FACP

    The most effective leaders understand their own styles and recognize the styles of others. They also know when to flex to another style to get the results they desire for their colleagues, patients, teams, and organiz...

  8. An Analysis of the Historic Houston Methodist Vaccine Mandate Decision Through the Lens of Popular Leadership Management Literature

    PLJ July/August 2023 Arun Mathews, MD, Aric Merrill, JD

    The first healthcare system in America to publicly decree its intent for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate was the Houston Methodist hospital system in Texas. This article investigates the process and the principles that gui...

  9. Ageism and Physician Employment Opportunities

    PLJ July/August 2023 Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA, CPE, DFAAPL

    Ageism and age discrimination — stereotyping, prejudice, or discrimination against older adults — are evident in all manner of workplaces, including healthcare.

  10. AAPL Member and Author, Non-Fiction and Fiction Writer

    PLJ July/August 2023 Deborah M. Shlian, MD, MBA

    Deborah M. Shlian, MD, MBA, talks about her book, *Lessons Learned: Stories from Women Physician Leaders*.