Good Morning Team – Very likely. Excerpts, bold emphasis mine<\/p>\n
By Alexandra Sifferlin TIME August 23, 2012<\/p>\n
Job burnout can strike workers in nearly any field, but a new study finds that doctors are at special risk. Nearly half of U.S. physicians report symptoms of burnout, with doctors at the front line of care particularly vulnerable, a significantly higher rate than among the general working population.<\/p>\n
Overtaxed doctors are at risk for personal problems and their job-related fatigue can also erode professionalism, compromise quality of care, increase medical errors and encourage early retirement..<\/p>\n
The new findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine<\/strong>, showed that physicians in emergency medicine, general internal medicine and family medicine fared worst<\/strong>. “Nearly 60% in those specialties had high levels of burnout,”<\/p>\n The authors also found that physicians worked about 10 hours more per week than other people on average and were much more likely to work extra long weeks of 60 hours or more: 38% of doctors worked at least 60-hour weeks<\/strong>, compared with only 10% of the general population.<\/p>\n More than 40% of doctors reported dissatisfaction with their work-life balance<\/strong>, saying their jobs didn’t leave enough time for a personal life or family<\/strong>, compared with 23% of non-doctors.<\/p>\n Bill’s Note:<\/strong> Burnout is partly what led me to change careers now almost 14 years ago. The best way to first approach your doc with your entrepreneurial adventure is from a “having a life” or “exit strategy”. Every doctor is somebody’s son or daughter, has or had parents, might have a spouse, significant other, siblings or children – and ALL put their pants on one leg at a time. They’re human and they want the same things you do – time with loved ones and the resources to do the things you want to do with loved ones.<\/p>\n Live with Intention, Good Morning Team – Very likely. Excerpts, bold emphasis mine Is Your Doctor Burned Out? By Alexandra Sifferlin TIME August 23, 2012 Job burnout can strike workers in nearly any field, but a new study finds that doctors are at … Continue reading
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