Today I checked up on a physician friend who just launched her solo family medicine clinic a few weeks ago. She writes:
It’s a slow start but it’s picking up. As more and more people get to know me it’s growing . . . like planting a garden for the first time .
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“I know there’s a lot of you out there that are feeling disillusioned. You’re wondering why did I spend all those years in medical school and training, why am I hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. I hate this. I hate this profession. I don’t feel like this is me.
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Please stop using the word burnout. You are not burned out. You’ve been abused. Let’s get the diagnosis right.
We enter medicine as inspired, intelligent, compassionate humanitarians. Soon we’re cynical and exhausted. How did all these totally amazing and high-functioning people get so f@*d up so fast?
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Doctor revived after suicide. Here's what he says.
