Pamela Wible Reports

Depressed Doctor: How To Get Confidential Mental Health Care

Can depressed doctors get emotional help without license repercussions? Is it even possible for physicians to get confidential mental health care? Read full article: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/depressed-doctor-how-to-get-confidential-mental-health-help-for-physicians/

Launch a coaching practice—with no medical license

Tonight's advanced business strategy session on how to add a consulting/coaching arm to your ideal clinic—or maybe even go 100% coaching . . . a great “retirement” gig :) THIS IS FOR YOU IF . . .  1. You are unmatched to residency, did not complete residency or do not have an active medical license. 2. You want to retire, yet continue to work a really cool retirement gig as your own boss. 3. Want to add a consulting/coaching arm to your existing ideal clinic (you may enjoy it so much that you...

Start your nonprofit clinic & get your loans forgiven

Interview by Dr. Pamela Wible with physician Dr. Kendra Campbell who launched a nonprofit clinic. We discuss pros and cons of nonprofit clinic business model.

Telemedicine tips & tricks

Launch your telemedicine practice now. 

Physician Trauma During a Pandemic

Positive and negative effects of trauma in physicians & medical professionals, triggers and how to disrupt the cycle by choosing empowering actions to prevent long-term sequelae. How to support physicians with vicarious trauma as a result of patient care during natural disasters and pandemics. Innovative health care delivery models to use during a crisis. By Pamela Wible, MD & Sydney Ashland.

Creating a Culture of Wellness (Keynote)

Dr. Wible's keynote on preventing physician suicide and creating a culture of wellness among orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and veterinarians. Concepts apply to all specialties and professions. Culture can make or break individuals, teams, and your medical institution. Organizational culture will lead to loss of physician lives through early retirement, poor productivity and morale—and even suicide. Here's how to create high-performing teams in high-stress environments full of peop...

Death row health care (stand-up comedy)

Full transcript & more: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/death-row-health-care-stand-up-comedy/

Beloved doctor dies in "physician health program." Husband wants to know why.

Full transcript here: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/beloved-doctor-dies-in-physician-health-program-her-husband-wants-to-know-why/

Preventing "Happy" Doctor Suicides

Dr. Wible reveals the results of her investigation into more than 1,300 doctor suicides—and shares simple solutions to medicine's hidden epidemic. Listen in to Psych Congress 2019 closing keynote for an uplifting and life-changing education on why "happy" doctors die by suicide and how you can prevent the next suicide.

Keynote: Physician Suicide—Prevention & Intervention

Dr. Wible shares result from her 7-year investigation into doctor suicides at the Pennsylvania Medical Society Physician Resilience Summit on June 5, 2019.

Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine Commencement 2019 (Pamela Wible MD)

Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine Commencement 2019. Pamela Wible MD share her most inspiring patients with the graduates.

Living your spiritual calling in medicine

Dr. Pamela Wible presents strategies for living your spiritual calling in medicine to medical students at University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. Three-hour block for second-year students with two-hour presentation and one-hour question/answer session. Presentation received a standing ovation. Enjoy. 

Medicine's willful blindness to overworked doctors

BBC Business Daily report on overworked doctors—a global crisis.

Healing our healers—Honoring Florida physicians we lost to suicide

Dr. Wible shares the lives of three Florida physicians lost to suicide a Volusia County Medical Society followed by a panel discussion.

Why I love my (homemade) EMR

Here's how I created my own EMR for zero cost and I'm having a blast! You can too!

Secrets to loving your life in healthcare

Lively keynote address to hundreds of pre-health career students. Here's how you decide the best path to a profession that you will LOVE!

Physician PTSD—5 tools to disrupt the cycle

How to fall in love with your EMR

How to fall in love with your electronic medical records

How doctors can finally love the EMR (or go back to index cards)

Dr. Wible interviewed on physician suicide

After her keynote "Finding your bliss—beating physician burnout," Dr. Wible is interviewed on our doctor suicide crisis and how we can change medical culture.

Finding your bliss—beating physician "burnout"

Wildest keynote! Singing and dancing across stage with 4000 doctors in Las Vegas. Rowdiest audience EVER! Interrupted by clapping 13 times and laughing all the way through! 100% funnest talk I’ve ever delivered. ENJOY . . . and the quick 3-minute colonic cleanse for "burnout" is revealed!

Oklahoma doctor suicides—13 reasons why

Remembering those we lost, ending suicide censorship & saving the lives of our beloved physicians in Oklahoma and across the globe.

Maintaining your sense of self during medical training & beyond

Dr. Pamela Wible and Sydney Ashland share the top 5 ways to maintain your sense of self in medical training & beyond. 

1103 doctor suicides and 13 reasons why

Dr. Wible reviews 13 case studies from her suicide registry with more than 1100 doctor suicides—and offers solutions to our physician suicide epidemic.

Eulogy to 10,000 doctors

500 doctors gathered in NYC for a 2-day event culminating in this memorial march to eulogize the tens of thousands of doctors we’ve lost to suicide—and to demand justice.

33 orthopaedic surgeon suicides. How to prevent #34.

My data from more than 1000 doctor suicides I've investigated including 33 orthopaedic surgeons reveals some simple solutions to prevent the loss of our doctors to suicide. Presnted as a keynote at the Chicago Orthopaedic Symposium on 8/18/18 and fully transcribed here: http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/33-orthopaedic-surgeon-suicides-how-to-prevent-34/

Doctor Suicide Crazy Socks Day is June 1

After losing 3 doctors to suicide from one building—Mount Sinai sent out a mass email on May 30th asking their staff to “consider wearing odd socks” on June 1 to support “International Physician Mental Awareness Day” along with an image of a resident face palming with pugs on left pink sock and bananas riding skateboards on right turquoise sock. Could #CrazySocks4Docs, a campaign started by an Australian cardiologist, actually prevent doctor suicide? Or is this a distraction and diversion?

Why are male anesthesiologists dying by suicide?

The shocking reasons we are losing so many skilled physicians to suicide—inside our hospitals—and how to prevent the next one.

Are NYC doctor suicides linked to bullying?

"Dear Dr. Wible, two residents have killed themselves within a single month at NYU Langone. One of them hanged herself in my finance's building. The building's windows were jammed to not open more than a couple of inches after another resident jumped to her death two years ago. I guess they thought this and offering student counseling services would stop residents from killing themselves. A part of me wants to apologize for the last sentence and ward off my cynicism, but I won't because, as ...

AMSA Keynote with Dr. Pamela Wible, Robyn Symon, John Dietl

March 10, 2018 keynote address to the American Medical Student Association discussing the Do No Harm documentary. Delivered by Dr. Pamela Wible, Robyn Symon, John Dietl with poignant Q/A with premedical and medical students.

Should I pay & should I go to medical school?

How to know if medical school is the right path for you. Plus free session with mentors Dr. Pamela Wible and Daniel Herzberg who can help you figure out what to do next.

“Unprofessional”—how one word is used to censor, harass, and intimidate doctors

Doctors are being reprimanded and punished for crying when patients die, praying with patients, having anxiety, depression, or even a migraine; inquiring why a doctor was fired (who then died by suicide), being too nice to “replaceable” staff and more . . .

Top 10 lies doctors tell themselves

Here's how doctors routinely undermine their capacity to help their patients—and themselves.

Physician PTSD—Are you a victim?

Dr. Pamela Wible and Sydney Ashland discuss the top 5 factors that lead to physician PTSD, a common yet underreported condition among medical doctors.

What doctors (secretly) need from patients

Discover the top 5 things doctors need from patients (& what patients need from doctors). It's not what you think.

Medical School Manslaughter?

Encouraging anyone to die by suicide is sick. Giving instructions is deadly. Getting a salary to do it is criminal. Some medical school professors tell students to die by suicide—often with step-by-step instructions. Should these instructors be convicted of manslaughter when students follow their instructions?

How to stop pimping at your medical school

Pimping is a dangerous “teaching” technique in which a student is publicly interrogated with rapid-fire questions (often about obscure medical minutiae). Here's how to stop it.

Physician Suicide Letters—Answered (FREE Audiobook)

This FREE audiobook (the unabridged recording of Physician Suicide Letters—Answered by Pamela Wible, M.D.) is read by the author and is dedicated to all medical students, to every child who has ever dreamed of being a doctor, and to all those who have lost their lives in pursuit of healing others. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY. You may save a life.

Suicide censorship? Grieving mom speaks out.

"I lost my son Sean Petro on Mother’s Day 2016. Not only did I lose my only child the day he chose to end his life. I lost all my friends/family too!" Dr. Wible shares one mother's letter and suggests how we might prevent future suicides.

What depressed doctors do (when nobody's looking)

What do depressed doctors do? They have affairs, drink alcohol, smoke pot, steal prescriptions, binge-eat crap, scream, suffer silently, exercise obsessively, and die by suicide. Here's why.

Are you an employee, a business owner, or an entrepreneur?

Hate your job? You may be in the right profession, but in the wrong position for your personality. Want to love your life and career? Step one: discover whether you are an employee, a business owner, or an entrepreneur. Here’s how to figure it out.

I lost my son to suicide. What can I do?

A grieving mother shares a letter from her son, a physician who just died by suicide. Dr. Wible shares advice, insight, and a call to action for us all.

Meet the happiest nurse practitioner in Alaska

Christine Sagan opened her clinic in a broom closet. She says, “I never thought in a million years that hundreds of thousands of dollars would be just rolling in.” Here’s how she did it . . . 

2017 Loyola Commencement Speech

Dr. Pamela Wible, nominated the "most inspiring individual" by the graduating class of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, delivers the Commencement Speech on May 20, 2017.

Medicine nearly killed her soul. How one doctor got her life back.

Dr. Kayla Luhrs explains how she is overcoming the trauma of her training by practicing medicine in her dream clinic. Podcast rcorded at Dr. Wible's physician retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs May 2017.

How to be inspirational

A medical student recently asked for my guidance on inspiration and keeping a positive attitude amid so much pain and suffering. He wondered how I “willingly drink in the most heart-wrenching of fodder, yet exude even larger volumes of love.” So on today’s mentorship call, I’ll share how to be inspirational.

Should I go to a brand-name medical school?

Is it worth it to attend a brand-name medical school? Here's why I chose a less-prestigious school and why I love my decision. 

Town loves doctor. Gives her free rent, cookies and $100,000 check!

Meet Dr. Mary Ellen Hoffman—the happiest doctor in New York. For good reason! 

I hate myself. I don’t deserve to be a doctor.

Dr. Wible answers a letter from a medical student who suffers from Impostor syndrome, a condition in which high-achieving individuals are unable to internalize their accomplishments and they fear being exposed as a fraud. Remember: Nobody knows what they’re doing when they start medical school.     

Top 10 fears that hold doctors back

Discover 10 fears that hold physicians back & 5 warning signs of low physician self-confidence (plus simple solutions to get your life back on track—now). Listen in to this interview with Sydney Ashland from our physician teleseminar.