87. Physician Burnout Is Not About Your Batteries Being Run Down

Stop Physician Burnout: Physician Leadership Skills To Help Us Lead The Charge To Physician Wellness

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When the Energizer Bunny is batteries run out what does he do? He STOPS!

Doctors like us never stop. No matter how exhausted or drained you felt, you kept going. Why is that?

Today, we unpack one of the biggest myths surrounding burnout - why the common metaphor of the Energizer Bunny running out of batteries fails to capture the reality of physician burnout.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦." - 𝘋𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘋

Episode Highlights:

• Burnout myth and why the battery metaphor makes no sense
• The two prime directives and their profound impact on healthcare professionals
• Physician energy bank accounts
• the 1stThermodynamic law of energy in physicians

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