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Physician, are you burning out?

Oct 10, 2012 09:25 EDT


Forty-six percent of physician respondents to a recent survey admitted to one of the aspects of burnout, as defined by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, or a feeling of low personal accomplishment.

Many argue that being a physician is more frustrating and less fulfilling than in the past. How do you keep burnout at bay?

For references and an outline of Dr Bilazarian's discussion, click here.





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Physician, are you burning out?
# 1 of 2
October 12, 2012 06:28 (EDT)
Ashok V Daftary
This is an extremely imporatnt post and should be widely disseminated. I believe that the Mayo Group may have underestimated the probelm
# 2 of 2
October 13, 2012 05:48 (EDT)
bee

I work in Asia,  i feel fine when seeing patients.

When I'm not I feel "burned out" and I think part of the reason is i feel tied to my practice.

 

I worry about who will see my patients if i go for a holiday of longer than a few days.

 

I can't afford a locum.

 

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About Dr Seth Bilazarian
Seth Bilazarian MD has been a Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist at Pentucket Medical Associates in Massachusetts since 1993. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound, Interventional Cardiology, and Vascular and Endovascular Medicine.

Dr Bilazarian performs coronary and peripheral interventions at Lahey Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been an investigator in the interventional laboratory for new devices including drug-eluting stents, distal protection devices, imaging devices (OCT and InfraRed), and anticoagulant pharmacotherapy.

Dr Bilazarian is an active participant in clinical trials in congestive heart failure, hypertension, coronary disease prevention, prediabetes management, anemia, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapies in the outpatient setting. He has authored numerous papers and book chapters in clinical cardiology. He was appointed as a physician advisor to the circulatory device panel of the FDA in 2008.
About this blog
My intent is to create a forum for dialogue on issues pertinent to private practice cardiology around topics such as:

  • Integration of new data and guidelines on inpatient and outpatient practice in clinical and interventional cardiology
  • Practice approaches to the extra clinical issues in dealing with managed care insurers
  • Strategies for navigating the restrictions of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) on pharmacologic therapies for our patients
  • Experiences with restrictions on testing and imaging
The video blog (VLOG) will provide an opportunity to share broadly different approaches to the common conundrums we face in caring for patients. My hope is that this forum will provide useful data points for practice outside of tertiary and academic centers and a look inside community hospitals and physician?s practice patterns in the office, starting with mine.