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Burned out?Reset. Refocus. Rise.

John Bielinski’s Burnout in Medicine program — the mindset, tools, and tactics to reconnect with purpose, and earn AAPA Category 1 CME doing it.

The CME Program

Burnout in Medicine: How to Rekindle the Spark

Taught by John Bielinski Jr., MS, PA-C

A practical, evidence-based program on why clinicians burn out — and how to come back. Emotional intelligence, influence, error reduction, and malpractice defense, all in service of protecting your career and your well-being.

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What You’ll Learn

Nine modules, built for real shifts

From the psychology of burnout to documentation that defends your care. Tap any module to see the objectives.

01Burnout in Medicine: Key Concepts
  • Define burnout and the true scope of the problem in medicine
  • Use the Stockdale Paradox to stay grounded while facing reality
  • Build a proactive mindset and the power of better questions
  • Reflect on the top five regrets of dying patients
02Mitigate Burnout: Emotional Intelligence
  • The teeter-totter effect of burnout — and how to move the fulcrum
  • The three components of happiness and the Harvard Happiness Study
  • Create a vision for your life and keep clinical balance
  • The four disciplines of decreasing burnout
  • Five proven techniques to improve Press Ganey scores
03Connect with Patients & Purpose
  • The difference between conflict, compliance, and commitment
  • The six triggers of influence in medicine
  • Reverse concessions when engaging other clinicians
  • The five triggers of likability and four components of authority
04Reduce Burnout: Medical Error Reduction
  • The gravity of medical errors in the U.S.
  • How heuristics both help and harm our thinking
  • The three categories of medical errors and main cognitive traps
  • Apply proven medical-error reduction techniques
05Reduce Burnout: Malpractice Defense
  • The five steps in a medical malpractice claim
  • The TLC score and how it mitigates malpractice risk
  • The tone-of-voice study linking surgeons to lawsuits
  • Visual dominance ratio and connecting with patients
  • How the EMR affects burnout
06Change: Transform How You Practice
  • Practical techniques to transform and change
  • The key components of rapport
  • How identity shapes our perspective on burnout
  • Tools of the pattern interrupt
07Urgent Care: Medical Errors
  • Apply the ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors (2018)
  • Perform root-cause analysis on real error cases
  • Assess evidence-based medication-error risks and reduction strategies
08Urgent Care: Effective Communication
  • Pearls of communication that improve patient compliance
  • How people perceive and process information differently
  • Assess your own communication strengths and limits
  • Communication issues unique to older patients
  • Apply skills to maximize listening, grounded in current literature
09Urgent Care: Medical Malpractice
  • Prepare a defense with optimal documentation from real cases
  • Improve charting and the ability to defend your care
  • Identify practice behaviors predisposed to high malpractice risk
  • Recognize high-risk patient encounters early
  • Know the strategies and resources available when risk is perceived

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Correct course.Reclaim control. Live with purpose.

Success on paper isn’t the same as true fulfillment. In How to Correct Your Life, Guinness World Record–holding educator and entrepreneur John Bielinski reveals the CHERISH Matrix — a system to realign the seven areas of a purpose-driven life.

With John’s practical “cheat codes,” you’ll cut excuses, sharpen your focus, and build unstoppable momentum — starting now.

How to Correct Your Life by John Bielinski Jr., MS — #1 Amazon Best Seller
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Tools for a life that doesn’t burn out

The program is the start. A few more tools John built to help clinicians live with more purpose and performance.

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Score the seven CHERISH areas, set weekly goals, and track the progress that keeps burnout at bay.

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