Recognize and address team inequities: Encourage directors and managers to connect with their staff about burnout and hear first-hand how their personal and work environments are impacting burnout. By understanding the unique challenges their teams are facing, leaders can work to redistribute responsibilities or restructure team dynamics to reduce the risk of burnout from happening.
The pandemic was hard on all of us. But statistics have shown that the pressures of the pandemic may have hit physicians and healthcare workers the hardest. While employment is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels generally, the healthcare sector is lagging behind with a significant percentage of healthcare workers not returning to work. This is one of the factors that is causing a shortage of doctors. Some experts say that…
