{"id":115,"date":"2017-04-08T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serenityblog.doctorjuvi.com.au\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2017-04-08T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T16:55:29","slug":"burnout-in-doctors-are-you-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/serenityblog.doctorjuvi.com.au\/blog\/burnout-in-doctors-are-you-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnout in Doctors – are you Toast?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is\u00a0 increasing public perception and commentary that there are systemic failures in Doctors, and that they will or are making mistakes. Regulatory bodies, medical boards, and government try to combat this by looking at systems to identify those who may pose a risk to public safety. The markers that they use are often based around burnout – substance abuse, mental or physical health, increased medical errors, and reduced patient satisfaction. There have been a number of studies correlating the link. So far the primary focus has been to identify and target those that pose a risk. As such, programs like revalidation, mandatory reporting, and increased pathways to check or make complaints, have become the accepted norm. <\/span><\/p>\n

Recently however there is growing recognition that the above measures aren\u2019t the only or even the best way forward, that they can indeed add to the growing worldwide incidences of physician burnout. So what is the alternative? One of the new age words that has been going around for a while is \u201cWellness\u201d. This idea focuses on the concept of not just being absent of malady but reaching wellness through a balance of a number of parts of a person\u2019s life.\u00a0 Wellness itself is a great tool for professionals going through burnout but not necessarily the only way to prevent burnout. There are systemic measures that need to be put into place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have Burnout? –<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are a number of ways to define burnout, but having a number of the following symptoms, suggests that if you don\u2019t have it yet – you\u2019re on your way to it:<\/span><\/p>\n