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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Healthcare Professional Burnout: Contributors, Consequences & Solutions
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Colin P. West, M.D., Ph.D.
The practice of medicine is often stressful and at times, even frustrating. Sometimes the stress and frustration can get out of hand and lead us to feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. This has been described as burnout. There’s good evidence to suggest that well over half of all physicians practicing in the U.S. have exhibited some symptoms of burnout at some time during their career. Healthcare professional burnout not only has negative consequences for the clinician, but also for pa...