The term burnout was coined in 1974 by the psychologist Herbert Freudenberger. He used it to describe the consequences of severe stress and high ideals in “helping” professions. Since then, we now realize how common it is in the workplace. Burnout has...
In the 1976 Olympics, the Russians were accused of cheating due to their racking up gold medals in nearly every event. Rumors and assumptions were made they had to be abusing drugs to be winning these medals at an unprecedented number. But as the passing drug tests...
Did you know that 92% of New Year’s Resolutions are never achieved? Perhaps, in a society that expects overnight success, we’ve set ourselves up for disappointment.Perhaps our goals were not broken down into bite-size things that we could tackle.Perhaps we...
Does prioritizing self-care means betraying your patient care? I asked this question to myself when I was working as a hospital pharmacist and slowly burning out. Our patients have always been our priority as the sole reason for the pharmacy profession, is to take...
I knew in January that I was going to retire later in the year. That was good. It meant that I had a lot of time to plan. Retiring doesn’t mean that you just stop working. There were a lot of things to do before I retired. And since I’m married, my wife and I did...
I recently read an article on the Becker’s Hospital Review about how overcoming impostor syndrome decreases physician burnout. After reading, I thought it would be interesting to discuss the factors that are influencing burnout in the world of pharmacy. Not long ago,...
