5 Topic Commentaries

Finding Perspective With Burnout

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  Redonda G. Miller, M.D., M.B.A.

  Internal Medicine; Hospital Leadership

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  If you can’t take good care of yourself, it’s harder to take care of others.

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  J. Bryan Sexton, Ph.D.

  Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Patient Safety and Quality

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  Duke University

  Such meaningful connections are the strongest guard against burnout, Chase meaning to get happier—and to rediscover your love of medicine.

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  Tait Shanafelt, M.D.

  Hematology/Oncology; Physician Well-being

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  Stanford Medicine

  I have a clear sense of the things that really matter to me, both professionally and personally, and try to make choices that are aligned with that. I have accountability partners - one of whom is my wife - who ask, 'Are you living consistent[ly] with the things that matter most?' Being able to recognize within yourself when you need to take a break and step away and have rest and use your vacation in a strategic way, I think about these in far more intentional ways than I did earlier in my career.

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  Lotte Dyrbye, M.D., M.H.P.E.

  General Internal Medicine; Medical Education

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  Mayo Clinic

  Burnout in health care professionals threatens quality and safety of patient care, as well as access to care. To reach our common goal of improved patient outcomes at a reduced cost, we need a health care professional workforce that is thriving. Getting there will require system solutions that address workload, work complexity, administrative tasks, practice efficiency and other factors. Health care professionals expect and want to work hard, but need to do so in environments that are sustainable.

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  Mark Linzer, M.D.

  General Internal Medicine; Health Services Research

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  Hennepin Healthcare

  With the way medicine is practiced today, it’s just barely sustainable.

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