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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