Burn Out
From day 1 of residency this word was on my mind. We had a seminar during orientation about how to avoid burnout giving tips on taking care of yourself and finding things that you enjoy and making time for them. It all sounds like a decent plan, though no one was really paying attention as we were all so wide eyed thinking about our first day as a resident physician. Over the next year it was as if this became a bad word. Although we were all either burnt out or close to it, no one could admit it because then they would require us all to take more seminars or lectures on avoiding burnout. And it seemed like all those told us to do was be more efficient and do fun things when you go home. But what about when you’re simply too tired to do ANYTHING much less something fun? What about the times when you do only what needs to get done and then just go to sleep? The sad truth is most residents regardless of where they go to residency or which specialty they chose want to quit by the ...