242: [UNICORN] Leadership, EMR Efficiency & Taking Control of Your Mental Health

From obtaining leadership roles as a PA to becoming more efficient at EMR charting to prioritizing your mental well-being, we have it all covered in this episode of The PA Is In! Join me as I dive deep into conversation with Don Martinez, PA-C on a wide variety of important and meaningful topics. Don is a primary care PA who now works in academia. On today’s episode, he discusses how he was able to break into leadership and administrative roles in his healthcare organization and then paved the way for future PAs and NPs to follow in his footsteps. We also talk about tips and tricks to maximize efficiency and save time charting using EMR. In the last half of our conversation, Don shares his own experience with mental health struggles and how he has now shifted his mindset and created boundaries to help protect his mental wellbeing. Don also talks about his struggles with obesity and how they have affected him as a medical provider. I appreciate his vulnerability in sharing his personal story and how his struggles have allowed him to make better connections with his patients. We need to advocate for ourselves, both as PAs in the larger healthcare organization system and also as people who have experienced burnout and trauma while caring for our patients. Our mental and physical health and wellbeing should not come second to our patients. We can make changes both in our own lives and in our healthcare systems to create positive work-life integration. This is an episode with so many takeaways that you’ll want to listen to again. Thanks, Don, for joining me and sharing so much wisdom! Let’s dive in! SPONSORS SIMPLIFIED DECLUTTERING CO. https://www.etsy.com/shop/SimplifiedStudioCo Use code: THEPAISIN ADVANCED PRACTICE PLANNING https://www.advancedpracticeplanning.com/ COACHING ⁠1-ON-1 NEGOTIATION CONSULT https://calendly.com/the-pa-is-in/negotiate⁠  ⁠FREE 30-MINUTE COACHING CONSULT⁠ ⁠https://calendly.com/the-pa-is-in/gen-call⁠   LINKS EPISODE BLOG POST https://www.tracybingaman.com/blog ⁠TRACY ON INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/mrstracybingaman/⁠ ⁠TRACY ON LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracybingaman/⁠