Your Best Life: Coping With Emotional Pain in a Demanding Work Environment

Gendered Innovations in Orthopaedic Science: Burn and Crash

“…Regardless of the gender of the surgeon, burnout has serious implications both for surgeons and for their patients. Authors more qualified than I offer sound strategies to treat burnout throughout the orthopaedic career [1,2,[4][5][6][12][13][14]. However, as physicians we should appreciate the value of early diagnosis for effective treatment.…”

“…Expanding the conversation beyond the workplace may be particularly important for the women in orthopaedics facing emotional exhaustion more acutely in the clinic setting and perhaps at home as well. Opening a conversation with a colleague who manifests changes or even reaching beyond to his/ her spouse or family could change the course [4]. Finally, even when practice and personal challenges sap the joy of patient care, affirmation of the lifeenhancing work we do can go a long way to buoy each other and perhaps keep burnout at bay.…”

“…T he challenge of providing orthopaedic care can drag on us all, regardless of age, sex, gender, race, stage of training, specialty, or mode of practice. Frustration born from loss of practice control and rising administrative burdens can sometimes overwhelm the rewards of patient care [4]. Physical and emotional exhaustion can lead to cynicism, ultimately impacting the patientdoctor relationship, and potentially impairing the skills central to performing as a safe orthopaedic surgeon.…”

CORR Insights®: Among Musculoskeletal Surgeons, Job Dissatisfaction Is Associated With Burnout

“…A sense of detachment, helplessness, and loss of personal worth often are cited as the hallmark symptoms of this condition. Physician burnout is deservedly receiving increasing attention from the medical profession [4,9,10]. Daniels and colleagues addressed this topic in a recent review [1] and found an increased level of burnout in orthopaedic surgeons as compared to the general population and other medical professionals.…”

Your Best Life: What Motivates You?

“…he burnout epidemic among physicians [14] has been wellchronicled in this space [4,10,11], as we have examined some of the contributing factors associated with physician dissatisfaction including loss of autonomy, increased patient workload, and the burdens of insurers and the electronic medical record.…”