March 2024
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of all of UM Shore Regional Health, its Board, Staff, and Volunteers, best wishes for a Happy Doctors’ Day, March 30, 2024. Thank you for all that you do for our patients and our healthcare team.
Some fun “doctor facts” ….
- Due to the holiday’s popularity, Hallmark has official greeting cards for Doctors’ Day—first printing by Hallmark was in 2003.
- Nearly half (47%) of graduating medical students in 2018 were female.
- It is common for doctors to marry other doctors or another healthcare professional -21% of doctors’ spouses are doctors themselves.
- More than 60 percent of all physicians reported working overtime or close to 60 hours a week.
- The word “doctor” comes from Latin root word “docere,” meaning “to teach.”
- Doctors’ Day was unofficially celebrated for many years before it became a legal holiday. On March 30, 1958, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a resolution that commemorates Doctors’ Day and on October 30, 1990, then-President George W. Bush signed the legislature after approval from both the House and the Senate
Some suggestions for improved physician ‘sanity’ and improve personal satisfaction—-
- Try to spend as much time as possible with patients- sit down when you see your patients whenever possible.
- Take regular breaks.
- Make friends with those you work with. Any job is a whole lot better if you get to know, and ideally befriend, those around you –not just colleagues –but also nursing and ancillary staff.
- Empower yourself to improve the system. PLEASE give feedback! – Your input is critical to our improvement and journey to high reliability!
- Have some great hobbies and lead a healthy lifestyle outside of your profession. DO something that truly relaxes you and gets you away from it all.
All the above is, of course easy to read, but difficult to do…. again, Best Wishes for the Happiest of Doctors’ Day Doctors!
Sincerely,
