Physician Burnout
The personal, professional, and institutional costs of Physician Burnout are staggering. Often starting in residency programs, the struggles physicians and other healthcare workers face have real consequences.
As a Physician Assistance Program and Employee Assistance Program, we are here to help. Recognizing your own burnout is often the first step in admitting it and actually taking steps to manage it. Call us and we'll get you in for a CONFIDENTIAL meeting with a Coach or a Counselor who can listen and assist you in taking whatever steps are necessary. This is one way that your employer or medical group can support you, and they join all of us in your PAP and EAP in wanting to help any way we can. Call us 24/7 at (808) 597-8229 and we'll set you up with an expert at a time that meets your schedule.
Fortunately, there is much that can be done to assist with Burnout -- from an individual's perspective all the way to an institutional perspective.
The articles below -- all from Medscape -- are available to all. They're a place to start, to learn more, to get some tips, and to help you figure out what to do. Reading more articles alone probably won't make Burnout disappear, but it's a place to start...
Combating Physician Burnout: Tactics and Strategies for Easing Burnout
A 1.5-hour Course by Gabriel Sara, MD
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/courses/business/100012
What’s the Next Step Against Physician Burnout?
An interview with Aolk S. Patel, MD and Taid D. Shanafelt, MD
May 22, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/913186
Burnout Starts Early, Especially in Some Specialties
Tara Haelle
September 18, 2018
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/902125
Simple Tool Shows Lasting Reduction in Burnout
Rabiya S. Tuma, PhD
October 23, 2017
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/887432
3 Steps to Minimize Burnout
Hughes Melton, MD, MBA, FAAFP
September 6, 2017
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/884445
A Hotline for Med Students Facing Burnout: Medical Students Changing Medicine
Varsha Radhakrishnan, MD and Ragha Suresh, MD
May 3, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/912391
Enough Talk: Preventing Burnout During Medical Training
Alexa Mieses, MD, MPH
January 4, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/907041
Which Burnout Recovery Works Best for Medical Trainees?
Ryan Syrek, MA
March 23, 2018
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/894039
Nonprofit Work: Burnout Prevention for Students and Doctors?
Mirmal Gosalia
January 23, 2018
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/891435
A Burnout Prevention Prescription for Med Students and Residents
Alexa Mieses, MD, MPH
May 5, 2016
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/862640
Tackling Economic, Emotional Toll of Clinician Burnout Critical
Kerry Dooley Young
May 31, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/913778
Hospitalists Highlight Lack of Respect in 45% Burnout Rate
Marcia Frellick
May 13, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/912897
Physician Burnout Costs Pegged at $4.6 Billion
Kerry Dooley Young
May 28, 2019
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/913563
Burnout May Be Costing Your Institution Millions Each Year
Rabiya Tuma, PhD
October 17, 2017
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/887195
The Business of Burnout: Boosting Physician Resilience Pays
Diana Phillips
September 26, 2017
Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/886216
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory
Journal Article on the tool: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247511197_The_Copenhagen_Burnout_Inventory_A_new_tool_for_the_assessment_of_burnout
Online version available at: https://www.test-stress.com/en/test-stress-at-work.php