by Michael Heitt | Oct 8, 2015 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior
The Washington Post ran an article about a Tel Aviv University study of the effects of physicians’ disruptive behavior on patient safety. As discussed in previous posts, there is a clear link between disruptive behavior among physicians (and other...
by Michael Heitt | Jun 24, 2015 | benefits of therapy, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized
Over the years of doing psychotherapy with individuals and couples I have often observed a thematic trend from patient to patient. Sometimes I get a bunch of calls about relationship problems or several existing patients will bring up similar issues in the same week...
by Michael Heitt | Mar 13, 2015 | Coaching, Disruptive Professionals, human behavior
As a psychologist, this is no surprise to me, but medical schools and physicians’ residency training programs are concluding that empathy (understanding the patient’s perspective and effectively communicating that understanding to him or her), in fact,...
by Michael Heitt | Nov 11, 2014 | medication, Patient safety, Uncategorized
For the past decade some of the “newer” antidepressants have had “black box warnings” that caution about a risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young adults and kids. Though there has been controversy about this, the benefits and risks...
by Michael Heitt | Sep 19, 2013 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, risk assessment
I just found an interesting article that is still in-press about fitness for duty evaluations for physicians. A significant part of my practice is devoted to assessing and addressing issues related to physician (and other professional) impairment and disruptive...
