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2025 Physician Wellness Retreats | Physician “Burnout” Retreats

Pamela Wible MD

Sponsorships available for medical students and residents. Wible’s retreats are not conferences; they are soul-awakening experiences.” Physician Book Writing Retreat June 3–7, 2025 ~ 1:1 or small group retreat Want to launch your private practice and become a published author at the same time? Contact Dr. Wible.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. The study involved 188 middle-aged and older adults who had been using medications like lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, temazepam, and zolpidem for insomnia. in the usual care group.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession. They blame the medical student. I give you Dr. Pamela Wible.

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