Another piece of the physician well-being puzzle? Self-compassion

By Georgia Garvey, AMA Contributing News Writer

Physicians are trained to focus on their patients, sometimes even to their own detriment. That is why The Permanente Medical Group is spearheading a new effort to foster self-compassion as a way of improving physicians’ personal well-being and helping to mitigate burnout that is driven by system factors such as excessive clerical burdens and a lack of meaningful time with patients.

When it comes to work to improve well-being, hearing physicians “say words like ‘transformative’ and ‘life-changing’ … just feed my soul. Because when you're speaking about physicians, that's saying a lot,” Rae Oser, PhD, a psychologist and director of physician wellness and leadership at The Permanente Medical Group, said during a session at the most recent American Conference on Physician Health...

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