Why are healthcare providers, some of the most talented, dedicated, intelligent and accomplished individuals, in droves finding more in their practice of medicine to be causing burnout?
“Shifting inward is not an indictment of a self-focused or self-preservative desire; yet it is a shift toward being less effective in our efforts, less connected, and finding more stress in our own situation. Finding ways to shift outward helps relieve the anxiety and stress and build and sustain our resilience.”
RADM Sarah Linde, USPHS (Ret)
As providers, it is easy for us to be overwhelmed with all that is expected of us in today’s healthcare environment. Yet our ability to find resilience and agility is inherently within us; how we see our problems and those around us changes everything. RADM Sarah Linde, former Chief Public Health Officer for the Health Resources and Services Administration and Family Practice doctor, shares how, in this day and age of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in healthcare, reminding ourselves to see others as people is the key to re-establishing the human connection that is the foundation of resilience, agility, and the ability to thrive in our surroundings.