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Our burnouts are not the same

Jan 31

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My burnout is not your burnout, and your burnout is not my burnout.



Burnout is an individualized experience. This means that the factors contributing to your burnout may be different than those of someone else. As an ER physician I never had to deal with insurance companies or the prior authorization process. Instead, my burnout stemmed from working too many clinical hours, having to see a specific number of patients per hour, the large number of non-emergent cases that came to the ER, and a challenging patient population.



However, administrative burden is a significant contributor to burnout for many physicians.  Others may burnout because of new, or increasing, family demands. The point I want to make is that the reasons we burnout may differ but the end result is the same. Someone who is burnout feels mentally and physically exhausted, they lose interest in work and lack job satisfaction, and they suffer from loss of motivation. These feelings can even bleed over into your personal life. This is what happened to me and led to my decision to leave clinical practice over three years ago.



If you are experiencing burnout, you are definitely not alone. Because the experience is so personal it helps to talk to someone about what you are feeling. This could be your significant other, a therapist, or a professional coach. Once you identify the root causes of your burnout you can develop a plan of attack to reduce it.

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