In May of this year, World Health Organization (WHO) declared burnout to be an official occupational phenomenon. It isn’t just a common word for stress—it is now classified as a “serious, widespread health concern.â€
In Medscape’s 2019 report, 44% of 15,000 physicians (in 29 specialties), reported feeling burnout. Reasons cited for overall physician burnout were bureaucratic tasks (charting, paperwork), too many hours at work, computerization (EHRs), and lack of respect from administrators, employers or colleagues.
Bryan Bohman, MD, senior advisor to the WellMD Center at Stanford Medicine, states in The Nation’s Health, regarding burnout, “The problem affects quality of care, results in high turnover, reduces productivity, destroys people’s personal lives and increases the risk of suicide. And…it tends to work undercover.”
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Overcoming Burnout–Recharging, Reenergizing and Restoring Your Power
