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On the road to burnout? How to set a different course

"Stress is viewed as harmful, whether its source is emotional or professional. For physicians, though, practicing medicine can often produce chronic stress. Without proper management, physicians can feel the effects of burnout even early on in their careers."

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The simple way to boost health you may have overlooked

"Happiness and small acts of gratitude are helping communities create innovative public health solutions, according to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD. Here’s one simple yet profound way he says happiness benefits communal health."

The physician's essential art of balancing emotion and logic

"From patient to patient and from hospital to home, physicians have to toggle back and forth between the emotional and rational parts of their minds to be effective in both establishing a therapeutic relationship and logically determining the best course of treatment. But how do you find the appropriate balance?"

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Physician Well-Being: The Reciprocity of Practice Efficiency, Culture of Wellness, and Personal Resilience

"The resulting national dialogue on physician burnout presents an opportunity to address physician well-being more broadly, in that physician well-being should be viewed — to paraphrase the World Health Organization’s well-known definition of health — as an optimal state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of burnout. "

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Reducing Physician Burnout

"Focus on bringing out the good in others and helping them reach their full potential, because meaningful connections are the strongest guard against burnout,” Sexton said. “Chase meaning to get happier and to rediscover your love of medicine.”

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