From Burnout To Meaning

More than 145,000 clinicians left the health care field from 2021 through 2022 (see Addressing The Healthcare Staffing Shortage and Half Of Nurses Consider Leaving The Profession, Survey Finds). Physicians and nurse practitioners made up more than half of the departures.

Burnout is certainly part of the issue. More than 3 in 5 physicians reported at least one manifestation of burnout in 2021, according to the most recent Mayo Clinic survey, Changes In Burnout And Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration In Physicians During The First 2 Years Of The COVID-19 Pandemic. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout . . .