Some have called physician burnout a public health crisis. If you read any of Dr Pamela Wibble's work she says that "physician burnout is physician abuse". Is it just that we are not sufficiently resilient? Are some of us just too long in the tooth to change and learn and adopt a “resilience toolkit”? Given the … Continue reading Why is this happening now and what can we do about it?
Category: burnout
There is increasing recognition of a link between empathy and burnout. I became interested in this after listening to Dr Dan Siegel, a renowned psychiatrist, talking on the difference between empathy and compassion and the concept of empathic burnout. Perhaps rather naively, I had never really sat down and though about the distinction between the two … Continue reading Empathic burnout
This poem and its introduction have been written by a doctor who found poetry the best way to share her experiences. She has written a series of poems. This is her first. "For years I kept silent, afraid of the consequences of admitting how hard I found being a GP. When I eventually “burnt-out”, I … Continue reading A poem about burnout
This site is intended to be helpful for a wide range of doctors, NOT just those that are burnt out. I want it to help all of you who are feeling fed-up, unhappy, stressed, anxious, depressed or simply just emotionally spent. I have worked as a GP in the NHS for the last 16 years and … Continue reading Welcome to physician burnout
Recognise. Prevent. Recover. 