Reducing Physician Burnout:- A Quick Guide

Burnout is an issue affecting many professions, particularly healthcare. The stress involved with healthcare professions can quickly lead to burnout – particularly for clinical nurses and doctors – with recent years seeing an increasing number of healthcare workers reporting feelings of burnout (according to the 2018 Medscape National Physician Suicide, Burnout & Depression Report, 44 percent of doctors experience feelings of professional burnout due to bureaucratic work practices, long credit hours, lack of respect or bureaucratized healthcare delivery systems being the causes). High-stress levels not only adversely impact doctors individually but have repercussions that ultimately affect patient care – both for doctors and staff in health care settings. (2018 Medscape National Physiciaan Suicide Suicide Burnout & Depression Report 44 percent of physicians reported feeling burned out). (more…)