A Practical, Action-Driven Guide designed Specifically for Medical Professionals
Ignition Journal: Reignite Your Passion for Medicine One Shift at a Time
With a Practical, Shift-Based Method, This Workbook Helps You:
- Break Free from Burnout – Reduce stress And prevent exhaustion with simple, effective strategies
- Strengthen Team Relationships – Improve communication, recognition, and collaboration at work
- Enhance Patient Interactions – Find more meaning and fulfillment in your daily practice
- Prioritize Your Well-Being – Create a self-care plan to maintain energy, focus, and balance
- Track Your Progress & Growth – Use guided reflections to reinforce positive habits after each shift
What Healthcare Professionals Are Saying About the Provider Ignition Workbook
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It’s easy to find ourselves simply going through the motions, feeling like work in the ED is happening to us, like we’re at the mercy of the system.
The Ignition Journal offers a framework to bring intentionality to a job that is both incredibly demanding and profoundly meaningful. As emergency clinicians, we often swing between feeling overwhelmed and disengaged. This journal aims to counter that by fostering small, deliberate improvements: marginal gains that accumulate and compound over the course of a career.
Too often, we show up like renters for our jobs – doing the work, but never claiming full ownership. The Ignition Journal helps shift that mindset, turning daily practice into an investment in long-term growth. Instead of letting the job happen to us, we take charge, shaping a career with purpose and direction.
At its core, this journal transforms each day from a series of tasks into an intentional, cumulative investment—building something that lasts.”
★★★★★
Rob Orman, M.D. | www.roborman.com
What You’ll Find Inside
A six-step framework to enhance workplace relationships and patient interactions
Shift-based reflection exercises to reinforce positive habits and mindset shifts
Tangible action items like recognition, validation, and acts of kindness that improve morale
A self-care planner to help you sustain energy, engagement, and resilience
Transform Your Shifts, Reignite Your Passion
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Designed by Physicians Who Have Been In the Trenches
- Created for Physicians, by Physicians Practical solutions from professionals who understand the realities of healthcare.
- Built on Firsthand Experience Strategies tested and refined by those who have faced the challenges of burnout.
- Actionable, Not Theoretical Real-world techniques designed for busy healthcare settings.
- A Guide That Works in the Real World No fluff, just proven methods that fit into your daily routine.
- Made for High-Stress Environments Solutions tailored for the demands of emergency medicine and beyond.
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About the Authors
Eric Wilke, M.D.
Chief Operations Officer
Eric Wilke, M.D. graduated from Texas A&M University in 1991 and then attended Texas A&M College of Medicine. After medical school, he completed a four-year Emergency Medicine residency at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Wilke is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine[…]
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After completing residency, Dr. Wilke continued at Maricopa Medical Center and served in many leadership capacities such as teaching faculty, Chief of House Staff, and Emergency Department Medical Director. At the same time, he and his partners started a medical software company that grew and merged into a major provider in the space of electronic data capture in FDA pharmaceutical trials. Dr. Wilke has extensive experience in the formation and management of several Emergency Department organizations. He was a founding partner for Chandler Emergency Medical Group where he served as Director of Emergency Department Operations at Chandler Regional Medical Center. While at Chandler Dr. Wilke created the very first Medical Scribe Program in the state of Arizona. After returning to Texas, he created an ED staffing group, Traditions Emergency Medicine, that staffed the College Station Medical Center, where he also served as Chief of Staff. Dr. Wilke was also a founding member and Chief Medical officer of Affilion®, Inc.
Dr. Wilke currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer for The Emergency Center. In his role, he has coordinated systems for graded interviews and hiring, development of physician leadership coaching and management, creating systems for meeting and group communication, Cerner training and auto-text scripting, launching and curating a system wiki, and creation of ED flow systems for efficiency.
Dr. Wilke has his pilot’s license and enjoys camping and hiking. He has organized several medical mission trips to Africa and serves as a critical care physician in the United States Air Force Reserve.
Joel Betz, M.D.
Regional Medical Officer
Joel Betz, M.D. graduated from Arizona State University in 2002 and then attended the University of Arizona School of Medicine, graduating in 2006. Following medical school he completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Betz is board certified in Emergency Medicine. After residency Dr. Betz started his ER career at Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers[…]
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His leadership talents were quickly recognized when, three years later, he was asked to serve as Assistant Medical Director in the Banner Gateway Emergency Department. When Banner Health acquired Banner Payson Medical Center, Dr Betz served as Medical Director during the transition and for 2 years following. Desiring to return to the Phoenix metro area, Dr. Betz joined the Adeptus and Dignity family where he served in several leadership positions including Regional Medical Officer.
Dr. Betz currently serves as Regional Medical Officer for TEC at Arizona General Hospital. He oversees all twelve HSED locations. His current interests and focus include increasing physician and staff communication, with a special focus on culture improvement. He is also passionate about patient satisfaction as well as physician satisfaction, and strongly believes the two are closely intertwined.
Dr. Betz has organized and attended several medical mission trips to Guatemala and has provided care to the underserved communities in the Guatemalan highlands. Recently he joined the board of Directors with the IHelp foundation to further humanitarian outreach. In his off time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children, surfing, and training for triathlon, recently completing his second Ironman in Houston.