Thriving After Burnout-A Compilation of Real Stories and Strategies to Reduce Female Physician Burnout Real stories from over 50 women physicians. The prevalence of burnout among physicians in the United States was estimated to be 62.8% in 2021. Join us as we take a deep dive into the life of a woman physician with burnout and the strategies they used to get to a place of thriving.
Chapters include, Tracey O'Connell, MD shares an in-depth perspective of burnout and the toll it takes on personal and professional life. Carrie Atcheson, MD, MPH, and Rev. Dr. Eric Atcheson, MDiv, discusses how a partner can best support. Laura Fortner, MD shares how malpractice causes an increased risk of doctor burnout. We also cover how physician burnout increases the risk of addiction, depression, and suicide. Intimate stories on parenting and divorce. Stories about cultural bias, moral injury, overwhelm from inbox and charting, and infertility is discussed. Chronic illness and autoimmune disease, as well as childhood trauma. A deep look into why women physicians are saying enough is enough and leaving medicine. You will hear stories from women physicians who are practicing medicine on their own terms and stories about starting a completely different business. Co-Authors Gigi Abdel-Samed, MD, MBA Carrie Atcheson, MD, MPH and Rev. Dr. Eric Atcheson, MDiv, DMin Puja Aggarwal, MD MBA Heather Awad, M.D. Ololade "Lola Day" Akintoye, MD Ashley Albers, DO Nadia Ali, M.D, M.B;B.S, MPH, ABHIM, FACP Heather Awad, MD Damilola Babaniji, DO Param Baladandapani, MD Tamara Beckford, MD MS Tammie Chang, MD Jenny Christner, MD FAAP Diana Dumenko, MD Lida Fatemi, DO MPH Laura Fortner, MD Beverly Joyce, MD, FACOG, NCMP Mously Le Blanc, MD Sadaf R Lodhi, DO FACOOG Diana Cristina Londoño, MD Winnie Mar, MD Cecilia Minano, MD, MPH Tracey O'Connell, MD Chinyelu E. Oraedu, M.D.( Dr. Yel'Ora) Chrissie Ott, MD,FAAP, FACP, CPC Asha Padmanabhan, MD, FASA Brittany S. Panico, DO, FACR Gabriela Pichardo-Lafontaine, MD, ABOIM Shilpi Pradhan, MD Payal Ghayal, MD Anupriya Grover-Wenk, DO, M.Med.Ed Rita Gupta, D.O MPA Melissa Hankins, MD, CPC Julia M Huber, MD DipABLM, TIPC Christiana Jones, MD MPH Jillian Rigert, DMD, MD Zarya Rubin, MD Susana Santos, DO Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS, FAAFP, FASAM Radhika Sharma, MD, FACOG Arpita Gupta DePalma, MD, FAAP Serene Shereef, MD FACS Wendy Schofer, MD, FAAP, DipABLM Sapna Shah-Haque, MD MBA Nandini Sunkireddy, MD Santisree Tanikella, MD, FAAP, ABIMH, ABOIM Robyn Tiger, MD, DipABLM Avian L. Tisdale, MD, MBA, Paralegal Mary Tran, DO Kara Wada, MD Anonymous contributors This book isn’t your typical burnout book or how we should meditate as a preventative physician burnout method. I do advocate for physician wellness, but the healthcare system itself has to change. Enough talk on the need for mental toughness for physicians. We are a resilient group. Our book will provide strategies on how to thrive as a women physician and break your burnout cycle. Plus, additional recommended resources for physicians and organizations who want to help decrease the risk of physician burnout.
Speaking as a burned-out female physician, I felt solace reading the stories of women who had been in my shoes. That being said, after a while the stories started to blur together and it seemed like a disproportionately large number of women went on to become coaches helping women physicians with burn out?