October 13 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm ADT
Executive Skills for a Sustainable Life in Medicine
Join this practical six-session skills series for physicians at all stages of medicine. Physicians are trained to solve complex problems for patients. Yet, strengthening the internal systems that support our own attention, focus, time, prioritization, and follow-through are often left to chance.
This series offers a practical approach to strengthening the executive function skills that underpin your clinical work and your life to support increased agency, wherever you choose to apply it. You will leave each session with concrete tools you can test during the week. The deeper return is personal. Investing in these skills is one of the most lasting ways to support yourself for steadier days now, and a good life and practice over the long term.
Executive function skills underly all aspects of life and clinical practice. Strengthening these skills can enhance your life and clinical work, helping you feel calmer and less depleted, while protecting attention and energy for the priorities you want your practice and life to serve.
Format and facilitator
Presented by Dr Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, a psychiatrist and Clinical Professor at UBC who specializes in executive function enhancement and adult ADHD in physicians.
Six 90-minute online sessions.
Workshop 2: Prioritization—Managing Boundaries and Competing Demands
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 7:30–9 a.m. Pacific Time
A physician’s task list can expand faster than the day can absorb, especially when clinical, administrative, and personal demands compete for the same limited bandwidth. This session offers practical ways to triage, order, and scale commitments so you are not constantly firefighting, and to recognize how default yeses, professional guilt, high standards, and unclear ownership can pull attention away from the clinical and personal priorities you most want to protect.
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