Today and every day in the USA, over 50% of American Physicians are suffering from at least one symptom of burnout.
What word would you use to describe this situation to someone who doesn't work in healthcare?
What word would you use to describe this situation to someone who doesn't work in healthcare?
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READ MORE NOW >>>Your contract is a legal arrangement known in Latin as a quid pro quo. It's an agreement that each party is going to do something for the other.
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READ MORE NOW >>>14 years ago I launched my physician coaching website here at TheHappyMD.com. Since that time I've devoted every hour of my professional life to helping my fellow Lightworkers avoid my fate.
FULL DISCLOSURE:
I crashed and burned out of my family practice at the age of 40 and wandered in the wilderness for a decade before becoming certified as a coach and finding this path back to being a helper and healer to my physician brothers and sisters. 40,000 doctors later, its time to let you know a key to our success.
We spend as little time as possible on burnout before we put it to its highest and best use.
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READ MORE NOW >>>Unfortunately that is not true.
Today's 63% physician burnout rate should give us some clue, that our traditional medical education does not guarantee a successful practicing physician.
1) You learn the bare minimum to practice in your specialty. I say bare minimum because no one graduates from the education process completely capable of practicing independently - especially with the work hour restrictions of today's residency programs. The breadth of the knowledge base in any specialty is so large now and yet the number of available teaching hours within residency programs has been cut by 1/3 compared to residencies before work hour restrictions were put in place.
2) You are also taught - and subconsciously conditioned - to be a good resident.
The complete medical education process takes from 7 to 16 years. At the end of that marathon, everyone who survives is programmed to be a great resident.
- Fortunately for the industrial practice of medicine, great residents make compliant employees.
- Unfortunately for the graduating physician, the same conditioning sets us up for burnout in the first place - especially since 73% of physicians become employees these days.
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READ MORE NOW >>>Some even go as far as questioning their choice to go into medicine in the first place.
For most, giving up your medical career would be a classic error in judgment you will always regret.
The core reason for wanting to escape your current reality is our shared loss of autonomy as practicing Physicians. Over the last 25 years we've seen a generational loss of control over all aspects of your practice - the structure of your team and the contents of the hours of your work day.
How did this happen?
Today 73% of American doctors are employees - you probably are too.
In just one generation we've gone from physician partners and owners to simple cogs in the machine of the healthcare industry - RVU generators and nothing more.
Posted by Dike Drummond MD
Think of it as a Bullseye in an archery range where you aim yourself at the heart of a new and better on-the-job reality.
In this short physician video training lesson, let me show you a two-step process to get crystal clear on your Ideal Practice "target" and take the steps to build a better Job, Practice and Career.
Along the way I will show you how to completely eliminate any fear of failure.
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READ MORE NOW >>>Something has definitely shifted into a new, unstable and uncertain tilt
and there appears to be no going back.
Is THIS ... is the post-Covid "New Normal"?
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READ MORE NOW >>>Posted by Dike Drummond MD
A 6-step structured conversation to deal with upset and angry patients simply, quickly and empathetically.
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READ MORE NOW >>>Two surveys in the last three years show a remarkable transformation of the US physician population.
With this gender shift in full swing, you would think unconscious gender bias against women would be rolling towards extinction ... right? Not so in my experience (and yours too I suspect).
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READ MORE NOW >>>Here are 4 signs of the rapidly approaching Thelma and Louise moment for healthcare.
AND what you need to do to protect your practice and your livelihood NOW
Imagine YOU were a doctor working within one of the systems below, when the hammer came down. Each of these macro events instantly destroys the performance of your care team and your practice EVERY TIME !
DON'T just sit there waiting for the pink slip that kicks you to the curb without warning.
It is time for ACTIVE MEASURES to DEFEND YOUR PRACTICE.
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READ MORE NOW >>>The first Field Manual to a more Ideal Practice - 40,000 copies in print.
Over 235 ways to prevent physician burnout inside.
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~ Physician Burnout – Why It’s NOT a Fair Fight
~ Physician Burnout Symptoms Differ in Women and Men
~ Physician Burnout's Highest and Best Use
~ Pathophysiology and Treatment of Burnout
~ Physician Wellness - Two Ways to Tell If Your Group Cares
~ Burnout vs. the Bottom Line - the Epic Battle
~ Physician Burnout - Who Will Save Us?
~ 3 Reasons Doctors Make Lousy Leaders and What You Can Do About It
~ Monthly Staff Meeting Power Up and Team Venting process
~ Employed Physician's Guide to Managing Your Boss
~ Disruptive Physician's Toolkit
"I started to feel better about my life within a couple weeks of beginning our conversations. I knew that I had an ally and friend. I realized that my feelings were predictable based on my circumstances, that I was “normal”. For the first time in years I had real hope that things would change for the better.
We worked together to find and interview for a new position in the worst job market for my specialty the recruiters have ever experienced. With Dike’s help and persistent positive attitude, I found a new position at a group that really cares about the doctors and I start in two weeks.
For me, the program has been worth everything. It has enabled me to emerge from my depression, change my toxic work situation, improve my home and family life, and allow myself to be happy and realize that I deserve to be happy.”
~ Anonymous MD
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