Physician resilience: cause or symptom?
Do you ever wonder
what compels someone to walk away from their current life
to leave all they worked for — jobs, spouses, kids — behind?
The community around them are caught off guard
of how unhappy or unfulfilled or
the silent suffering
that made their life so hard.
We say it is shocking and act so surprised.
But that seems a pretense.
It’s no secret that compassion fatigue and physician burnout
are both on a steady rise.
For us in the medical community,
this can be an opportunity to reevaluate
To allow us to open the windows of hearts and souls
so our healers do not suffocate.
Medicine is an art, not a fast food service.
Stop telling us that’s how we should do it.
They are more than a number, so
please respect each patient.
This is a contributing factor to the rates
of rising disillusionment.
Being a physician
is an honor and a privilege
but it takes its toll
on a physician’s mind, body, soul.
How long can we ignore
the complex emotions that are not shared but stored—
the difficult cases, the trauma, the days of sleep deprivation,
the long hours, cumbersome electronic medical records,
the disconnect between ideal and real-world medicine
the pressure to be perfect
the physician dehumanization?
Over time that suppression
translates to cynicism and fatigue.
But because we’re doctors,
there is no time be weak.
When we were residents, we didn’t have a voice
But as board-certified attendings, we have a choice
Keep our heads down and let things happen
Or s...
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