Amazed and Amused: How to Survive and Thrive as A Healthcare Professional

Chapter 3 "A SURVIVAL MACHINE"

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Most importantly, tell them that things will change quickly over the first few weeks and months.

Some students in our study loved university right away, but the majority said it took them a long time to get into a groove. Encourage your child to be patient and diligent. It will come, but not without effort. The key for professors is to try to empathize with the challenging shift from cozy high-school classroom to anonymous lecture hall. We learned from our participants that professors are intimidating, no matter how amusing and stylish they are.

Professors need to set up non-threatening ways to help students find their academic stride: Students told us their favourite professors were the ones clearly smitten with what they were teaching — not those just going through the motions in a monotone drone. And the key for students is to not beat yourselves up over any perceived failures.

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Find friends who do the things you like to do. Get involved clubs, sports teams, the gym, frosh week, pasta night with roomies. Sit in the front to avoid distraction and ensure the professor knows your face. Do the readings as they come up, not the night before the exam. And chill with friends more than you party. In the end, the most significant lesson we learned from our participants was that balance is everything. University is an experience and we learned that students do best when they embrace that experience by staying open, allowing possibilities to percolate, and seeing themselves not just for who they are, but for who they might be.

After all, second year is right around the corner. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff.

First-year university is hard – and that’s okay

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We aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. To improve global health, business, and peace through laughter and heal the humor-impaired. She dealt with everything we threw at her with grace, including working with a robot! She received very high scores on our post-event survey and clients loved her message — a blend of researched, legitimate but fun and uplifting personal tools to help manage their professional and personal lives. She was the highlight of the event this year.

Entertaining, educational and inspiring, Karyn has addressed thousands of audiences around the world, to groups from 10 to 10, Change is possible — and it can be fun!

Karyn is committed to teaching as many people as possible to transform their lives with laughter. Karyn is a frequent radio and television guest. Want to interview Karyn or have her appear in front of your audience? Your closing plenary address was a rousing success and carried a message and approach people could take home and put to work right away! The stories you shared were inspirational and demonstrated such passion and lightheartedness — qualities that are highly valued in our field.

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Primary topic is humor as it relates to health and business professionals. Offices held include treasurer, secretary, vice president, president, and board member. Member of the International Society of Humor Studies to present. Member of Sigma Theta Tau, to present. Named a Diplomat at the American Institute of Stress in

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