"Imagine you are an ambitious new worker at a powerhouse institution. Your job performance is soaring, but you frankly work like a dog. Your weeks top out at 80 hours, you get maybe a single 24-hour block of time off every 7 days, you work weekends, and you often work up to 30 hours straight in one stint, sleep at work, and eat exclusively from food options in the building. You rarely see the sun, your mother currently has to take care of your cat for you, and you are home so infrequently you cancelled your Internet and cable."
Sound familiar? For many new physicians and residents, this is the road working in the medical profession can frequently take. However, the problem of such a scenario is that it is the perfect environment to become overwhelmed, stressed, and eventually burnt out and becoming depressed, or even suicidal.
On the bright side, many residency programs and medical facilities are working hard to focus on resident wellness and put in place services to support their learners and staff. However, as this article points out, often these supports tend to be offered at the resident's home school or hospital, leading to fears and worries related to confidentiality. What is needed instead, as the physician who authored the article points out, are supports and mental health professionals to talk to who are not affiliated with their colleagues or place of employment.
Do you agree? Would you feel comfortable seeking mental health support at your place of employment?
For the full article, click here: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/12/dont-poop-eat-mental-health-services-young-physicians.html
Sound familiar? For many new physicians and residents, this is the road working in the medical profession can frequently take. However, the problem of such a scenario is that it is the perfect environment to become overwhelmed, stressed, and eventually burnt out and becoming depressed, or even suicidal.
On the bright side, many residency programs and medical facilities are working hard to focus on resident wellness and put in place services to support their learners and staff. However, as this article points out, often these supports tend to be offered at the resident's home school or hospital, leading to fears and worries related to confidentiality. What is needed instead, as the physician who authored the article points out, are supports and mental health professionals to talk to who are not affiliated with their colleagues or place of employment.
Do you agree? Would you feel comfortable seeking mental health support at your place of employment?
For the full article, click here: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/12/dont-poop-eat-mental-health-services-young-physicians.html
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