Clinical Encounters: Medical School

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Ways in which the elements of patient care may have an impact on burnout.

Diagnostic Uncertainty and Burnout

Making a diagnosis is challenging and stressful. The goal is to be perfect and to do it quickly. These two rarely go together. These challenges introduce a burden and stress that can lead to burnout, most often seen as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Find information and other resources …

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Be Prepared for Medical Mistakes

The topic of medical mistakes brings fear into the hearts of physicians. Alongside images of lawyers and angry patients is the weight of guilt and self-doubt. That fear can contribute to burnout and emphasize the downside of medical practice to the detriment of the positive components. Although …

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When Patient Behavior Contributes To Clinician Burnout

Get ready to deal with the reality that not all patients are pleasant and appreciative of our work as clinicians. Some patients are downright rude and insult us because of our youth, experience, or demographics. Dealing with such patients is at the least a challenge. At the most, it can interfere …

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Hippocratic Oath & Burnout?

Perhaps today’s practice of medicine conflicts with the common oath and increase burnout. A recent article investigated the question, Does an oath that medical students swear to cause burnout? Medical students common agree to "apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are …

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