Why Your Job Needs a Better Scorecard
From Stimulus - Learn Tools to Crush It in Your Medical Career by Rob Orman, MD
April 13, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 166
About this episode
Dr. Erin Broderick discusses the benefits of creating a personal scorecard for measuring success in her medical career.
It’s not uncommon for hospitals to provide clinicians with scorecards. While they may seem like a judgment of your quality of work, scorecards rarely provide data that will lead to flourishing in your career. But what if you made your own scorecard, filled with things that were important to you and fully within your control? If you nailed one of those each day at work, what would your experience be like? In this episode, we explore what happened when Dr. Erin Broderick, a participant in the Unburnable Course, stopped using the hospital’s scorecard as her main definition of success and created a more personal one instead. Erin talks about how she took a new approach to patient satisfaction surveys, one that has eliminated nearly all the stress and distress associated with them. Finally, we look at how intentional practices during and after a shift made Erin’s work feel joyful and sustainable. 💡 Check out our Free Resources specifically designed to address pain points in medical practice💡 We Discuss: Measuring success with a personal scorecard A post-shift routine that closes the day Closing open loops A novel approach to patient satisfaction surveys Letting go of metrics that…
People in this episode
Host: Rob Orman, MD
Guest: Dr. Erin Broderick
Topics covered
- personal scorecard
- patient satisfaction
- work-life balance
- intentional practices
- career success
Keywords
- scorecard
- career flourishing
- patient satisfaction surveys
- work experience
- intentionality
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Unburnable Course, Doctoring Done Well
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