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Why does having a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment as a modern doctor seem like such a struggle at times?
There is an invisible battle going on, day-by-day between our search for a Fulfilling Career in Medicine and the hidden forces of Physician Burnout.
In this article, I will outline why this is most certainly not a “fair fight”. Modern doctors are programmed to burn out ... it's a setup. I will also share latest physician burnout research evidence on what you can do to even the odds
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What is Physician Burnout Anyway?
We each know what it feels like to be burned out, toast, fried and spent after a long weekend of call or a tough night in the hospital. If you are able to recover your drive and energy before you return to work, great job. I hope your resilience continues.
The difference between Stress and Physician Burnout is this ability to recover in your time off. Physician Burnout begins when you are NOT able to recharge your batteries between call nights or days in the office. You begin a downward spiral that has three distinct symptoms.
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Healthcare Products That Work is an emerging frontier for state of the art design principles … according to an article from FastCompany’s sister site devoted to design (fastcodesign.com).
The magazine’s Alan Velzy states:
Physician Bullying is a surprisingly large issue especially for medical students and recent residency graduates according to an article I just found on BMJ Careers’ website. This is a well written article with an 8 article bibliography summarizing research on Physician Bullying. They even document the following physician bullying types.
Types of physician bullying
- Spreading malicious rumours or insulting someone (particularly on the grounds of age, race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, and religion or belief)
- Copying memos that are critical of someone to others who do not need to know
- Ridiculing or demeaning someone—picking on them or setting them up to fail
- Exclusion or victimisation
- Unfair treatment
- Overbearing supervision or other misuse of power or position
- Unwelcome sexual advances—touching, standing too close, display of offensive material, asking for sexual favours, making decisions on the basis of sexual advances being accepted or rejected
- Making threats or comments about job security without foundation
- Deliberately undermining a competent worker by overloading and constant criticism
- Preventing individuals progressing by intentionally blocking promotion or training opportunities
Here’s a link to the full article and thank you to Lorna Powell, the article’s author for putting this issue on my radar.
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PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT:
Have you ever been bullied?
If so, what happened and is it any one of the physician bullying types mentioned above?
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Stress and Doctors = Mindfulness Meditation
The research is becoming overwhelming that Mindfulness Meditation is the most powerful moment to moment stress reducing, burnout preventing technique for physicians. The challenge is getting that awareness out of the ivory towers of research and translating it into simple techniques a practicing doctor can use on the fly.
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Patient Satisfaction in the hospital setting isn’t so hard after all.I just ran across this study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that is a massive reinforcement of common sense. Let me ask your opinion …
Which do you think would produce better hospital outcomes and patient satisfaction.
a) If the nurse waits for patients to push the call button and then takes care of their specific issue?
b) If the nurses round regularly, checking in on patients whether they push the call button or not and that this is a routine expectation for the performance of their job?
You got it. (b) wins.
IN FACT … this one change took Patient satisfaction ratings from 50-60% up to 99%.
Primary Care Physician Pay – you ready for a raise?
Physician Wellness and a satisfying medical career mean saying “no” to endless hours and solo practice for many younger physicians.
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Hospital Customer Service … a disappearing Oxymoron.
What happens when an addictive Facebook App eventually causes positive health effects on purpose.
I personally believe that social gaming and crowdsourcing are two areas to pay CLOSE ATTENTION TO in the coming years
Here is an article on the state of health causing social gaming at the present time from Science2.0.com.
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