87. Physician Burnout Is Not About Your Batteries Being Run Down
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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.
"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ." - ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐
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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