TY - JOUR
T1 - Burning without burning out
T2 - A call to protect the calling of medicine
AU - Stewart, Miriam T.
AU - Serwint, Janet R.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Physicians enter the field of medicine with a sense of calling to meet the needs of others. This sense of calling is a source of resilience and strength, inspiring physicians to defer their own needs in service to patients’ needs. When this trade-off becomes chronic, as it does in dysfunctional work environments, burnout can result and both physicians and patients suffer negative consequences. Some of the sources of physician distress, like exposure to suffering and involvement in medical errors, are inherent to medical practice, while others are the product of workplace inefficiencies and flaws in how the health care system functions. Individual physicians can cultivate strategies to maintain resilience in the face of medicine's inherent challenges, while health care organizations work to reduce the systemic drivers of burnout and build cultures that support physicians to thrive. In this and next month's issues, we offer eight articles on aspects of physician well-being with the goal of inspiring and empowering individuals and organizations to take action to transform the health care system so that it can better meet the needs of physicians and their patients.
AB - Physicians enter the field of medicine with a sense of calling to meet the needs of others. This sense of calling is a source of resilience and strength, inspiring physicians to defer their own needs in service to patients’ needs. When this trade-off becomes chronic, as it does in dysfunctional work environments, burnout can result and both physicians and patients suffer negative consequences. Some of the sources of physician distress, like exposure to suffering and involvement in medical errors, are inherent to medical practice, while others are the product of workplace inefficiencies and flaws in how the health care system functions. Individual physicians can cultivate strategies to maintain resilience in the face of medicine's inherent challenges, while health care organizations work to reduce the systemic drivers of burnout and build cultures that support physicians to thrive. In this and next month's issues, we offer eight articles on aspects of physician well-being with the goal of inspiring and empowering individuals and organizations to take action to transform the health care system so that it can better meet the needs of physicians and their patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cppeds.2019.100655
DO - 10.1016/j.cppeds.2019.100655
M3 - Article
C2 - 31631025
AN - SCOPUS:85073822402
SN - 1538-5442
VL - 49
JO - Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
JF - Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
IS - 11
M1 - 100655
ER -