Valerie Brooke, MDJan 31, 20223 minPersonal and Professional PerfectionismTo be perfect means to be “excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement.” Perfectionism is multi-dimensional and can...
Valerie Brooke, MDJan 23, 20224 minMoral InjuryThe term moral injury popped into the conversation about physician burnout back in 2018, when an article was published entitled...
Valerie Brooke, MDJan 16, 20223 minBalancing the See SawOn the way home from skiing last weekend my husband and I were humming along to the familiar 1968 Moody Blues song, “Ride…Ride my…blah...
Valerie Brooke, MDJan 9, 20224 minThe Owl and the CheeseIn 2001, Drs Friedman and Forster designed an experiment where two sets of college students were tasked to complete a computer maze,...