Posts filed under: Physician Burnout

(Video) 4 Field-Tested Strategies for Healthcare Pros to Stay Sane during COVID-19

In the brief video below, we’ve focused only on 4 rapid self-care strategies to help healthcare professionals get centered and in control during the many moments of inevitable chaos brought by the COVID-19 crisis.  When this is over, it’s our hope that healthcare professionals receive the same societal respect as soldiers. In other words, when......

Managing Stress in the Orthopaedic Family: Avoiding Burnout, Achieving Resilience

Journal of Bone and Joint Conclusions: “The results of our national survey highlight the continued prevalence of these problems within the academic orthopaedic community. Left unaddressed, burnout and psychological dis- tress can lead to patient care errors, decreased marital harmony, and physician impairment. As physicians, it is our responsibility to recognize and address impairment in......

Physician specialties with the most—and the least—burnout

From the 2013 Medscape survey on physician burnout, here is a sampling of the highest and lowest physician burnout rates by specialty:   Highest rate of physician burnout: Emergency medicine (51%) Critical care (50%) Family medicine (43%)   Lowest rate of physician burnout: Pathology (32%) Psychiatry (33%) (Tied) Ophthalmology (35%) Pediatrics (35%) Rheumatology (35%)  ...