— Even though I advise people to limit the amount of news they consume, I do not advise that you live in a cave and ignore all the news of the world. Over the past few weeks, the “R” word has been bandied about in the media. As Kimberly Amadeo wrote in a recent article:… Read More »
Enlarge this image Doctors who experience burnout are prone to cut back on hours or quit practicing medicine. This costs the health care system billions, new research finds. Runstudio/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Runstudio/Getty Images Doctor burnout is costing the U.S. health care system a lot — roughly $ 4.6 billion a year, according… Read More »
After suffering burnout, farmer and author Lorna Sixsmith identified self-care tactics that help her de-stress Emily and Amelia Nagoski Tired but wired: Why are so many of us suffering burnout and what can we do about it? Independent.ie It was last summer that farmer and writer Lorna Sixsmith started experiencing the classic symptoms of burnout.… Read More »
Burnout is a myth. Dedicated clinicians, working under circumstances that connect their skills and compassion with opportunities to impact patients, won’t experience burnout any more often than they might by doing other jobs. The story we tell — the one that dissatisfaction is this system’s inevitable byproduct — perpetuates more harm than we know. This… Read More »