--- title: Physician Burnout to Physician Wellness - One Doctor at a Time | physician bullying description: physician bullying | Stop Physician Burnout, Build Better Physician Leaders | The Happy MD --- [![Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg?width=995&height=146&name=Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg "Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W")](https://www.thehappymd.com) ## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout ** [![prevent doctor burnout matrix](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86) # [Physician Burnout Vulnerability and Group Culture](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-vulnerability-and-group-culture) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/file-1368310128-jpg/images/physician-burnout-group-culture-vulnerability-brene-brown_opt.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-vulnerability-and-group-culture) ## **Physician Burnout, Vulnerability and Your Group's Culture** **I am often asked if I am familiar with the work of Brene Brown and especially her tremendously popular TED videos ["The power of vulnerability"](https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability) and ["Listening to shame"](https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame).** These are fabulous introductions to the topic of vulnerability that can help all of us who see patients on two distinct levels. **Patient Vulnerability:** I highly recommend these videos to all physicians because vulnerability and shame are woven through any authentic healing encounter. It is important to understand and navigate the patient's shame and vulnerability whenever you enter the exam room. **Physician Vulnerability:** Brene Brown's work is also immediately relevant to physician burnout. Vulnerability and shame are experience all of us feel personally when our practice becomes too much. This is especially true for male physicians because of [our habit of not reaching out for help](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/294952/Physician-Burnout-Presents-Differently-in-Male-and-Female-Doctors). ## **I love Brene Brown's work but it is incomplete.** Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [physician bullying](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-bullying) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-vulnerability-and-group-culture) # [Physician Bullying – Doctor on Doctor Harrassment](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295074/Physician-Bullying-Doctor-on-Doctor-Harrassment) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/file-58299060-jpg/images/physician-bullying-physician-stress-doctor-burnout-150x150.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295074/Physician-Bullying-Doctor-on-Doctor-Harrassment) 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](http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20002644#ref3)** and thank you to Lorna Powell, the article’s author for putting this issue on my radar. ================ **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?   Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [physician stress](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-stress), [physician bullying](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-bullying) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295074/Physician-Bullying-Doctor-on-Doctor-Harrassment) [All posts](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all) ## **Find what you need here...** ## **We wrote the Book on Preventing Burnout** The first Field Manual to a more Ideal Practice - **40,000 copies in print. ** [**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) [![stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg?width=200&name=stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) ## **The Burnout Prevention MATRIX 2.0 FREE Report** **Over 235 ways to prevent physician burnout inside.  **[**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your FREE copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) [![Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/NEW%20HOME%20IMAGES/Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg?width=200&height=175&name=Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) ### **Prevent Burnout** **~**  [Physician Burnout – Why It’s NOT a Fair Fight](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295048/Physician-Burnout-Why-its-not-a-Fair-Fight) **~**  [Physician Burnout Symptoms Differ in Women and Men](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/294952/Physician-Burnout-Presents-Differently-in-Male-and-Female-Doctors)**~**  [Physician Burnout's Highest and Best Use ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/378959/Physician-Burnout-Highest-and-Best-Use)**~**  [Pathophysiology and Treatment of Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290248/Physician-Burnout-Pathophysiology-and-Treatment-of-Burnout) **~ ** [Physician Wellness - Two Ways to Tell If Your Group Cares](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290377/Physician-Wellness-How-to-tell-if-Your-Group-Cares) **~**  [Burnout vs. the Bottom Line - the Epic Battle ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/349242/Physician-Burnout-Vs-the-Bottom-Line-the-Epic-Battle)**~**  [Physician Burnout - Who Will Save Us? ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/381680/Physician-Burnout-Who-Will-Save-Us) ### **Physician Leadership** **~**  [3 Reasons Doctors Make Lousy Leaders and What You Can Do About It](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290715/Physician-Leadership-Skills-3-Reasons-Doctors-Make-Poor-Leaders-and-What-You-Can-Do-About-It) **~**  [Monthly Staff Meeting Power Up and Team Venting process](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290401/Physician-Leadership-Monthly-Staff-Meeting-Power-Up-and-Team-Venting-Process) **~**  [Employed Physician's Guide to Managing Your Boss ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/369921/Employed-Physician-Guide-to-Managing-Your-Boss)**~**  [Disruptive Physician's Toolkit](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/285327/Disruptive-Physician-Toolkit) #### **"Changed my toxic work situation" ** *"I started to feel better about my life within a couple weeks of beginning our conversations. 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