Act Now: The Real Price of Context Switching
As you deal with competing priorities and multiple responsibilities, multitasking might seem like a necessary skill. However research suggests that only 2.5% of people really have the ability to multitask. For the rest of us, we're usually...
As a physician, you might find yourself grappling with a challenge many of us have faced: the struggle to feel and process emotions.
For most of my career, I didn’t know how I felt—most of the time, I didn’t even think about it. As a child, I remember experiencing a...
For too long, we have taught physicians that patients’ needs and well-being comes above our own AT ALL COSTS. But this is simply ridiculous. And the argument that we can take care of ourselves so that we are not too burnt out to take the best care of our patients continues to make our own...
The rationale for tackling physician burnout encompasses multiple aspects including the resultant:
- Expenses linked to staff turnover
- Diminished productivity leading to lost revenue
- Financial risk due to the critical connection between burnout and lower quality of care, reduced patient...