Trevor Schrobat

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▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
things that we focused on were how to, you know, appropriately nourish yourself when you're on shift. How to make sure you're taking, you know, water breaks and bathroom breaks. And it sounds so small. It sounds like we're back in kindergarten, right? But these are things that interns don't do well.
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▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
Interns and residents often neglect basic self-care (nutrition, hydration, bathroom breaks) during 8- to 16-hour shifts, which negatively affects their well-being outside the hospital.
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StayCurrent Forum: Resident Wellness

▶ Ep 3 · 0:29
quote I I love the uh the flow of nights. You know, you come in, it's busy, and then things kind of trickle in and you kind of clean up the department. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 1:57
quote I mean, we have a super tough job. I mean, and I I don't want to hear about the back in my day, we were working 120 hours a week. I mean, even the 80-hour week cap is super tough. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 1:57
opinion Even the 80-hour weekly work cap is very demanding for residents. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 1:57
clinical Residents see people dying on a semi-regular basis and perform complex tasks while learning many new things at once, which can cause burnout. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 1:57
guideline ACGME and many residency programs now must address resident wellness. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
clinical Interns and residents often neglect basic self-care (nutrition, hydration, bathroom breaks) during 8- to 16-hour shifts, which negatively affects their well-being outside the hospital. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
opinion Wellness means different things to different people; some benefit from yoga and meditation, while others (e.g., a seasoned orthopedic surgeon) may not want those approaches. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
quote things that we focused on were how to, you know, appropriately nourish yourself when you're on shift. How to make sure you're taking, you know, water breaks and bathroom breaks. And it sounds so small. It sounds like we're back in kindergarten, right? But these are things that interns don't do well. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
clinical Trevor's wellness program focused on nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, and other strategies to help all residents. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
quote Even that the idea of wellness, it means different things to different people. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 3:51
quote imagine, you know, like your your seasoned orthopedic surgeon uh sitting there and trying to meditate and find inner wellness. It's just not different strokes for different folks. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 8:26
quote I come in with my huge tumbler of ice water flavored with Mio, my meal prepped thing, you know, I'm I'm hydrated, I'm nourished and I leave the shift with a lot more energy than I did in residency. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 8:26
clinical Trevor's personal post-residency routine includes 90 minutes of productivity on days off: 30 minutes for fitness, 30 minutes for household tasks, and 30 minutes for intellectual work (e.g., reading journal articles), after which he relaxes guilt-free. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 8:26
clinical Trevor meal-preps and brings a large tumbler of ice water flavored with Mio to shifts to stay nourished and hydrated, which helps him leave shifts with more energy than he had in residency. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 8:26
quote I think a small thing that I do personally is I just try to do an hour and a half of something productive. 30 minutes to fitness, 30 minutes to something around the house, and then 30 minutes to something intellectual. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 8:26
quote at 90 minutes on my day off, then I can relax, I can play games, I can watch Desperate Housewives, you know, I could I could go to Google and and start looking up the best mustaches getting ready for the next calendar. I I could do these things guilt-free. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
clinical Trevor found that delaying documentation until the end of a shift caused him to leave two hours late, cutting into personal time; he now uses dictation software (Dragon) and plans to hire a scribe to minimize documentation burden. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
opinion Introspection about what causes burnout (on-shift factors, home factors, controllable vs. uncontrollable) is important for residents. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
opinion If residents identify feasible changes that could reduce burnout, they should communicate with program leadership; if changes are not possible, discussing concerns with colleagues can help. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
opinion When job-hunting, residents should apply to multiple places and negotiate for things that matter to them (e.g., time off, scribes, dictation software); one of Trevor's friends negotiated five weeks of vacation versus the standard four at the same salary. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
quote I think the biggest thing is to have some good introspection. Whenever you're you're dealing with residency or something hard. What what what's burning you out? Is it on shift? Is it something at home? Is it something you control? ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
quote one of the things early in residency documentation killed me. I hated having a shift that was supposed to last 8 to 10 hours and getting out two hours late because I put all my notes off until the end. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
quote I have Dragon, I could dictate my stuff, right? I can get a scribe if I want to, which I plan on doing here here shortly too to help minimize my documentation need so that I can just take care of patients and get out on time. ↗
▶ Ep 3 · 12:35
quote if you see things that could be changed feasibly, something that burns you out or burns out your classmates, talking to your higher ups or program director, um is great. If they can't change it, then maybe again, get together with the colleagues and have a beer over it and talk about it. ↗