Avoiding and Coping with Physician Burnout
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How common is physician burnout? One study estimated that 50% of U.S. physicians have “work-related distress” (Shanafelt TD, et al, Mayo Clin Proc. 2015;90(12):1600-13). John DiLallo, MD, a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine, offered advice that might help you deal with practice stressors in The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Subscribers can read the full article here. Given that burnout is defined by emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a sense of ineffectiveness, Dr. DiLallo says you should push back by focusing on vitality, engagement, and self-efficacy. If you are feeling practice stress, he recommends using the following techniques: Make a conscious effort to get reengaged with your clinical work. Rediscover and contemplate the idealism and intellectual curiosity that got you into psychiatry in the first place. Subscribers have access to all the articles in The Carlat Psychiatry Report‘s March 2019 issue on burnout.