A study published in May Clinic Proceedings reported more than half of physicians in the U.S. are experiencing professional burnout. Additional research revealed male physicians are 1.4 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population and women are 2.2 times higher.
Here are ways to combat these challenges:
1. Changing an organization’s policies to offer physicians and other employees more breathing room, creates a better work-home life balance. To make this change, avoid scheduling late and early meetings on the same day, send one representative from the office to a meeting and encourage staff with children to
drive their kids to school at least once a week.
2. Dr. Avellino found the key is to mark the time when he is taking his children to school off on his office calendar so staff know not to schedule him.
3. Burnout can also be decreased by working with physicians to tailor job descriptions to what they can reasonable accommodate.
4. Office responsibilities for physicians can carved to a more narrow scope of responsibilities and patients to treat.
5. Physicians need to find their own way to incorporate de-stressers into their days, ideally as part of their work week; for Dr. Avellino, its running.
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