Mental fitness for physicians, Part 1

Though physicians spend years in medical school, residency and fellowships to learn how to care for patients, they spend little time learning how to care for themselves. Physician burnout, leading to physician turnover, is skyrocketing. On this episode, a physician who is a  leading expert on physician stress, having gone through that stress herself, discusses how to improve mental fitness in those who’ve given their lives to the care of others.

 

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient

 

Guest:
Cecilia Cruz, MD, MPH, CPCC, ACC
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Marpe, LLC
Board-certified emergency medicine physician
Former co-chair of Quality
Division of Emergency Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem

 

Show Notes:

[01:10] Physician heal thyself? Not happening!

[02:35] Weakness means not being the best

[03:31] An ingrained culture of perfectionism

[04:20] The burnout crisis

[06:40] Physician types affected the most

[07:30] Bigger burden on specialists

[09:13] Overcoming – awareness is only 20% of progress

 

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. Cruz’s email: ceciliacruz@marpejourney.com

Dr Cruz’s Linkedin page: Cecilia Cruz - Founder and CEO - MARPE, LLC | LinkedIn

MARPE, LLC website: https://www.marpejourney.com/

 

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