By Marc Zarefsky, AMA Contributing News Writer
Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH, became a doctor to make a difference. He loved medicine. He dreamed about it.
But burnout changes things.
"Burnout is real," Dr. Underwood said. "People like myself … are now waking up at 3 in the morning wondering: Did we make the right choice? Why are we doing this? That's unacceptable, for them, their families, and for our patients."
Dr. Underwood, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees, discussed his concerns about physician burnout and offered best practices to reduce physician burnout rates in a recent episode of “AMA Update.”
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