American Medical Association's Steps Forward site - a fantastic resource for developing stress hardiness.
Greater Good Science Center - Berkley's research arm of science based insights for a meaningful life. Mayo Clinic's Well Being Index - create your own profile and track your well-being. There is a subscription tool for groups too. Stanford WellMD - Dr. Tait Shanafelt - the doctor whose research at Mayo kick-started the national conversation around physician burnout in 2014 - leads this center of excellence and national model of organizational wellness. TheHappyMD - Dr. Dike Drummond has a weekly blog newsletter that provides meaty but digestible insights. Coalition for Physician Wellbeing - A growing national group of those interested in this conversation; hosts an annual Joy and Wholeness summit each July. LifeBridge Physician Wellness Program - Interested in launching your own physician counseling service as a medical society, foundation or institution. This sites gives you a roadmap for everything you need to get started. |
Surgeon General Addresses Healthcare Worker Burnout![]() Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a landmark report on healthcare worker burnout in Spring 2022. In it, several strategies and tactics are outlined to create pervasive medical cultural change.
The realities of our health care system are driving many health workers to burnout. They are at an increased risk for mental health challenges and choosing to leave the health workforce early. They work in distressing environments that strain their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. This will make it harder for patients to get care when they need it. - US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD |
RECOMMENDED READING ON PHYSICIAN BURNOUT
Probably the best book on how an individual physician can work through burnout. This would make an excellent group read and has some really great practical chapters for redesigning one's worklife, securing support from your boss, and even knowing when it's time to make an exit.
Boise-area rheumatologist Tom Murphy writes an excellent overview of physician burnout signs, causes, and routes forward to recovery out of his own experience.
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Written in 1999 by the founder of the Maslach Burnout Inventory and an organizational specialist, this book helps employers understand the systems level causes of employee burnout, why they should do something about it, and why to intervene.
This has a lot of the standard burnout information in it, but the better part of the book is really in the way it addresses health system level issues.
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Dr. Paul DeChant's well researched book presents a very straight forward look at the fundamentals of burnout causes, symptoms, and effects. In the last few chapters, he cites examples of medical organizations that are doing systematic work to promote a culture of wellness.
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