Is there something our medical education and practice approach/system/environment does that drains the energy and passion for serving others from providers?
“In my own experience as a medical student, resident, fellow, and surgical attending, I have seen the stress of medical education and practice constantly shift the focus of students and providers from helping and healing through connection with patients and their families to checking boxes and meeting productivity expectations….The key to combating all these pressures, to retaining one’s humanity and a heart at peace, is to see people as people. That is the one thing that can provide the most meaning and satisfaction with the work of medicine. It is the best preventative measure against burnout.” — Laura Lambert, MD
Healthcare practitioners have often already sacrificed a decade or more of their lives learning and training specifically to help cure others. Yet the system they enter seems to drain them of their energy, passion and purpose – constantly asking for more of their time and more of their attention on things that take away from their connection with their patients. Providing awareness of mindset and the invitations to turn inward throughout the medical practice environment helps inoculate providers with the cure to enhance resilience, connection and resistance to burnout. Learn how a medical student and an experienced surgeon see the same challenge for providers and how the cure to the problem is the diagnosis itself.