Posts Tagged ‘Burnout Prevention’
9 Tips for Staying Motivated as a Clinician
While rewarding, staying motivated can be difficult in the emotionally-draining world of patient care. Here are some tips to rediscover your passion as a clinician and avoid burnout.
Read moreTop 5 Career Mistakes Healthcare Providers Make and How to Avoid Them
Healthcare professionals are dedicated to providing the best possible patient care, but still mess up from time to time. By avoiding these common career mistakes, you can ensure your time as a healthcare provider is fulfilling and successful.
Read moreAvoiding Burnout as a Clinician
Burnout is a long-term stress that builds, emotionally depleting seasoned clinicians and making it difficult, or even impossible, for them to provide the quality of care they want to provide. Here are a few strategies for avoiding burnout for clinicians.
Read moreHealthy Habits for Physicians and Residents to Avoid Burnout
Over half of U.S. physicians and residents suffer from burnout. Danielle Kelvas, MD, offers tips on how to recognize and prevent burnout by prioritizing self-care, setting healthy boundaries, and staying connected with colleagues.
Read morePhysicians: How to Start the New Year Right
After some well-deserved time off for the holidays, you’re back at your practice and ready to kick the year off. Here are a few smart tips to help you start the year right, prevent burnout and be the best, most efficient physician you can be.
Read moreAchieving Work/Life Synergy in Healthcare
Work and time away from work are all really just a part of life. Making the distinction between a work/life balance can be troublesome in that regard, but physician assistant Jacob Bollinger instead suggests we try reframing it as work/life synergy and find ways to make our work lives and home lives support one another.
Read moreBurnout is Really Depression in Disguise
Being burned out is living in a constant state of overwhelming exhaustion, whereas depression is defined by the inability to feel pleasure and dysphoric mood. But is burnout a syndrome in and of itself, or is it actually part of the pathology of a larger depression? Current research argues the latter.
Read moreThe Key to Mitigating Burnout is Understanding Your Emotions
Knowing about burnout is only half the battle; now that you’ve accepted it as a reality, it is time to combat it. Oftentimes, having a deeper understanding of these negative emotions and why they occur can remedy their effects. For this reason, it is important to reflect on these feelings to best visualize the solution.
Read moreRecognizing and Mitigating Burnout in the New Year
A professional demeanor in difficult situations is what patients generally expect, so physicians are trained to ignore fatigue and suppress their emotions. This mandatory coat of armor often leads to pent-up feelings and resentment. So, you’re burned out at work and you’re asking yourself this; now what?
Read moreHow Healthcare Employers are Implementing Wellness Principles into the Workplace
Caring for your body and mind is extremely important in medicine. While culturally, there is still not yet a strong emphasis on well-being in the medical community, these concepts are being adopted with increasing priority within some medical systems and hospitals. Here are a few examples of how some employers are implementing these wellness programs for burnout prevention and employee satisfaction.
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