tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post6287368174526979164..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Burnout: Quenching the Fire?Sid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-71398932117272152482008-06-07T19:32:00.000-07:002008-06-07T19:32:00.000-07:00Thanks for that! It is an honor and a privilege, b...Thanks for that! It is an honor and a privilege, but I know that being mindful of the risks of burnout is really important. I've had enough of a brush with it not to want to again. It is really sad when I see experienced doctors being so obviously burnt out.Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032258710192225915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-11880918756781492182008-01-20T11:21:00.000-08:002008-01-20T11:21:00.000-08:00Your description of burn-out, paranoia, etc., expl...Your description of burn-out, paranoia, etc., explains a LOT about my recent surgeon. He's top-notch and maxed out, and my straight-forward questions seemed to trip the annoyometer repeatedly - even though I am quite benign. Things didn't add up. Once again, Dr. Schwab, you reassure and you validate. I'll keep these crumbs - nay, these loaves! - of knowledge.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023875555959570250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-47448487820607821552007-06-12T04:41:00.000-07:002007-06-12T04:41:00.000-07:00Hello from Australia... Am currently on my surgica...Hello from Australia... Am currently on my surgical internship. This post saved me from a sleepless night.Coffee Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463241623242693047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-88887652361814883032007-03-10T01:37:00.000-08:002007-03-10T01:37:00.000-08:00for so many reasons this post really spoke to me. ...for so many reasons this post really spoke to me. i realise the danger of burnout in myself, despite how much i love my job. i plan on sitting down and seeing if i can act proactively to avoid it.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-72609590947505518312007-03-09T13:15:00.000-08:002007-03-09T13:15:00.000-08:00So, like, is it tacky to swoon? You're a good guy,...So, like, is it tacky to swoon? You're a good guy, Sid. I nearly finished your book while Daughter was in surgery this week. I've said it once, I'll say it again. Everyone MUST buy Sid's book. In typical Sid fashion, he goes for the heart and never lets go.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you're blogging.Lynn Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958402288888144904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-9564782616352596432007-03-09T09:08:00.000-08:002007-03-09T09:08:00.000-08:00Right. Easy as pie to hide mistakes in a hospital....Right. Easy as pie to hide mistakes in a hospital. Not as if anyone else is involved in care. <BR/><BR/>Writing = thinking. I'm not done with either. <BR/><BR/>It's always amused me when <I>professional</I> psychologists go on TV and analyze someone from afar. One can only be glad not to be in the care of one who'd do it. Admittedly, blogging is better than TV. But still...Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-5835451228238394932007-03-09T08:20:00.000-08:002007-03-09T08:20:00.000-08:00Some observations:You may have done the same thing...Some observations:<BR/>You may have done the same thing with your explanation that you've done with your career. It's a closed loop. No one else is good enough for you. You don't need anyone to figure out what you did wrong in surgery, what you did wrong with your career, you've figured it out yourself. Characterizations like being too much a perfectionist, working too hard sound valiant, but everyone has darker sides to these things. If you never let go of control, your mistakes can hide from others, if you're too busy, you legitimize pushing people away. <BR/>In other words you don't play well with others, my guess a lifelong trait.<BR/>It may be you're in a honeymoon period, you've turned your back on your former self, turned the corner to something new, but get real, you're still you.<BR/><BR/>I could easily be wrong in one or many ways, but these are still things worth thinking about.Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422487877167541900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-38385422204999819432007-03-08T10:12:00.000-08:002007-03-08T10:12:00.000-08:00As you stated (kind of), if you hadn't been so per...As you stated (kind of), if you hadn't been so perfectionistic, we wouldn't have your blog, or your book. So thanks for being a perfectionist.<BR/>ShaunaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-60477798919629204232007-03-07T23:36:00.000-08:002007-03-07T23:36:00.000-08:00Good post. I had to wait THREE weeks last October ...Good post. <BR/><BR/>I had to wait THREE weeks last October to see a surgeon for a follow-up regarding a breast exam per gynecologist's request. It was a looooong 3 weeks. So, 2 days - not such a big deal.<BR/><BR/>It does seem you burned yourself out, but given how you like to do things - the standards you set - do you think knowing all that you know now that you really would do it any differently?SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-87451737465218409782007-03-07T17:43:00.000-08:002007-03-07T17:43:00.000-08:00Thanks for this post. You were really worrying me ...Thanks for this post. You were really worrying me about considering this career path.MedStudentGod (MSG)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02670042423377931696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-18430996811352909952007-03-07T13:48:00.000-08:002007-03-07T13:48:00.000-08:00Cutbacks, sicker patients, fewer staff and more BS...Cutbacks, sicker patients, fewer staff and more BS paperwork and staffing issues... it's bad enough in the nursing corner of the circus... cannot wait to get the OR course done so I can come dabble in the greens in the comfort of a teeny, tight room with bright lights. 5 more weeks... I can live through anything in 12 hour increments for the next 5 weeks.FetchingGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725479087572080780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-32543150710569580222007-03-07T08:27:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:27:00.000-08:00I have on my desk a form that I have to get signed...I have on my desk a form that I have to get signed to have our legal department sign a form, so I can send a form to a vendor who is waiting to get paid. I can't tell you why all this is necessary, except to say that the admin who cuts the check has it all over the rest of us. And you think you're burned out.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-91658240703728453052007-03-07T08:20:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:20:00.000-08:00If they do come into the operating room, you can a...If they do come into the operating room, you can always distract them with the machine that goes "ping"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-87039460224192491862007-03-07T08:08:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:08:00.000-08:00For an internist too, it was a honor and a privile...For an internist too, it was a honor and a privilege.And for some of us the irrational drive for pefection,the emotional reaction to the lack of it in myself and others with whom I worked was countered a bit by the satisfaction of taking someone through and out the other end of a serious and sometimes life threatening illnes or sometimes less dramatically just reieving someone's anxiety about a disease they really didn't have at all.<BR/>But as the sea changes washed into medicine- the managed care and governmental control,etc,etc the saisfactions seemed fewer and not as sweet and you just wanted to shrug your shoulders and walk away.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.com