We're just disconnected compared to the way we used to be. ![]() We're finding breakdown of community is actually the fourth driver of burnout. We'd like to be around other doctors and nurses. Certainly, control is one of those rewards but so is professional recognition and collegiality. Second, a lack of control, which is important to us as physicians. We're in chaotic time pressuring environments. Christina Maslach identified-first being work overload. ![]() It's rife with these six drivers of burnout that Dr. The problem is the workplace itself has become so challenging to work in that the job is almost undoable. My gosh, who else has to ace organic chemistry just to start into the next seven to 12 years of training before they take their first job? Doctors are some of the most resilient people in the world. And this is not a lack of personal resilience. Sinsky says, VP with the AMA on practice resilience and physician well-being, burnout is a manifestation in the individual of dysfunction in the workplace. Why is this so important to think about it at that level?ĭr. Unger: Well you've indicated that resolving issues of burnout requires a coordinated systems approach and I think that is-as opposed to focusing kind of on the individuals in some respects. And as we go through here, we'll talk more about those specific drivers and what we can do about them. And all of those, in some ways, were drivers of burnout. The pandemic certainly exacerbated it but when you think about the changes that have happened in the past 20 years with technology, with finance, government regulations, with patient demographics, with mergers and acquisitions, there's so many things that have impacted the milieu in which medicine is practiced. DeChant: Oh, it's been going on long before the pandemic. DeChant, how did we get to this point? Was this solely the pandemic or were there other factors involved here?ĭr. Unger: Well, there's a lot to talk about, and I'm sure everybody out there has seen some of these statistics around burnout levels being at an all time high and just a huge number of physicians that are talking about leaving the profession in the next two years. I'm really excited to be able to share some thoughts about this upcoming conference and what people can be looking for and our hopes for the future in dealing with this big challenge. ![]() DeChant, thanks so much for joining us today.ĭr. I'm Todd Unger, AMA's chief experience officer in Chicago. DeChant will also be a featured keynote speaker at the International Conference on Physician Health, or ICPH, collaborative meeting of the AMA, the Canadian Medical Association and the British Medical Association, and that'll be taking place October 13 through the 15 in Orlando, Florida. Paul DeChant, author of Preventing Physician Burnout, in San Francisco, California. Today, we're talking about advancing organizational well-being, a key part of the AMA recovery plan for America's physicians. Unger: Hello and welcome to the AMA Update video and podcast, an ongoing series covering a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients.
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