What is causing clinicians’ burnout? Contrary to popular belief, burnout is not due to a lack of resilience. Physicians, despite their high resilience, still face burnout. Our guest Wendy Dean, MD, the co-author of - If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First, explores an important issue in healthcare: moral injury among clinicians. The issue concerning moral injury isn't about individual weakness; it's about external factors preventing them from providing necessary care, leading to what is defined as 'moral injury'. Addressing this is vital for the welfare of healthcare providers and the quality of care they provide. Understanding and addressing moral injury is crucial for the well-being of our healthcare providers and the quality of care they deliver. To hear the whole conversation, subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/d-a9BfRc #Healthcare #MoralInjury #Burnout #PhysicianResilience #PatientCare #HealthcareChallenges
How many professions have more formal schooling from ages ~18 to ~40 when most people just want to have fun than physicians? Formal schooling that is very strictly credentialed, licensed, regulated. Physicians: 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, 3-7 years of internship/residency, 1-3 years of fellowship. Please don't tell physicians just be more resilient. #Healthcare #Physicians #Doctors #Surgeons #HealthcareAdvocacy #Credentialed #Licensed #Regulated
Thank you for a thoughtful conversation. Part of our power starts with having accurate language to describe our experience. Without it, solutions are elusive.
This was well said! Patients needs are buried under time constraints, insurance restrictions, corporate billing policies, cultural barriers, financial limitations, hierarchy of the systems, legal threats… and so much more. Drastic revisions need to happen but we are still at the stage of just talking about needed change and nothing is being done to put the patient first
Surgeon / Writer / Author of “The Wandering Jew of St. Salacious”
3moThanks, Dr. Dean. When we were students, most of us, the future docs, had a fuzzy notion of what our lives would look like as caregivers—a vision of listening, touching, and sharing pain in vulnerable moments. But when the train doors opened on reality, we were told, "Time is money!" and "No money, no mission." When I cut my patients short, when I order unneeded tests to get to the next name on my list, have I fulfilled that "mission?" When my patients get their collection notices, show up in bankruptcy court, when they suffer complications from their "reasonably" indicated surgeries, have I shared in their pain? Sleep aids and paycheck zeros don't offer a restful night's sleep. If time is indeed money, then let's spend that time listening and considering what is best for the person in front of us. Again, thank you for your work.