AMA: Reduce, avoid burnout

In the current issue of the AMA’s Alberta Doctors’ Digest, semi-retired family physician Dr. Mo Verjee draws on his experience to share advice on how to:

• Be happy in clinical practice
• Manage burnout
• Leave work behind at the end of the day

You can read the article or listen to it as a 10-minute podcast episode.

To summarize his advice:

• Take care of yourself (eat well, avoid processed food, and exercise)
• Structure your workday, keep yourself organized, and take sufficient breaks
• Nurture your professional relationships and develop a rapport with your patients
• Add variety to the kind of work and life you have without overextending yourself
• Find out what you’re good at and don’t be afraid to try something new

Check out the article