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Category: January 2019

Physician burnout doesn’t just impact the physician — their patients, family, and careers are all at risk as well. To kick off the new year, we asked our members what they have done personally to protect themselves from physician burnout, as well as what their colleagues have done to help the team and themselves.

Brotherhood

By Curtis M. Henn, MD Most of us know physicians who have experienced symptoms of burnout, physicians who have left the profession, and even physicians who have committed suicide.  Indeed, many who are reading this issue of ASSH perspectives are currently experiencing burnout. It is clear this problem is widespread and pervasive, and perhaps it […]

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Engaged and Empowered

By David Kalainov, MD I suspect that most of us have experienced symptoms of burnout in association with the requirements of providing high quality patient care in the face of rapid changes in health care (ICD-10, MIPS, APMs, vertical integration of healthcare systems, decreased autonomy, ER call, electronic health care records, hospital performance metrics of […]

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The Causes of Burnout

By Michael M. Kearney, MD What have I or my colleagues done to protect from physician burnout? How fortunate we are that people come to us for help, we know how to help them, earn a comfortable living as we help them, and our work is respected by society.  Yet too many of us face […]

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Annapolis Wherry Tandem

By Sibel & Kagan Ozer, MD In a recent opinion article, Simon G. Talbot and Wendy Dean gave a thoughtful description of the problems related to the context of current healthcare systems suggesting that the physicians aren’t suffering from burnout, but rather from moral injury related to the unhealthy context within which they function (1). […]

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Focusing on Family

By Camela Pokhrel, MD When I was asked to write this article for ASSH Perspectives, I had not thought personally about how to protect myself from physician burnout. We all have heard or perhaps know of physicians who have left medicine altogether or, worse yet, have taken their lives. Probably more likely than not, physicians […]

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Keeping the Fire Going…Avoiding Burnout

By Rob Ruth, MD We are fortunate to be hand surgeons.  This is a profession that can challenge us intellectually, unlock our creativity, and connect us with our amazing patients in a very personal and gratifying manner.  However, the nature of our career can have a tendency to control us and weigh heavily on us emotionally […]

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