How can we support others through burnout?
Aug 07, 2020
How can we support others through burnout?
It is important to look out for each other in our field. Keep an eye on your colleagues, check in on them. Have regular team meetings, to see how everyone is doing and whether or not jobs can be redistributed or allocated during the day. It’s also good to catch up outside of work and have regular monthly after work gatherings, inviting family also. This creates team spirit and relationship. Make sure everyone in your team takes a break and holidaysHonouring and Serving,
Simran K. Rattan MD
Simran K. Rattan MD
How can we minimise burnout in our lives?
Aug 06, 2020
The following is important to do to reduce burnout:
At work:
Take regular breaks at work.It is important to have regular rests and breaks. We need to factor in our lunch and dinner breaks while at work.
We live in a society that glorifies the martyrdom of business and the workplace itself is designed for productivity.
However for optimal and quality care of our patients, we ourselves have to be in good condition, focussed and well rested. Take your breaks.
Delegate work and don't take work home with you Negotiate rosters so they are not as intense and have ample rostered days offDon't work on days you are not rostered
Schedule leave time off workMake sure you organise your leave in advance
At home:
Do relaxing activities on your days offRead a book, sleep, go for a walk and get fresh air.Minimise intense activity on your days off.
Honour yourself, be kind to yourself, allow yourself the time you need to create your own self-love...What does “burnout” or moral injury look like?
Aug 04, 2020
What does burnout look like? What are your burnout warning signs?
Have you ever felt so exhausted, you couldn't be bothered going to work? Do you feel sometimes, life is overwhelming and it's difficult to have a work life balance?
How do you know when you have reached burnout?Having empathy creates a better health partnership between physician/provider and patients.
Physicians who had a higher empathy score, have higher scores of emotional exhaustion. What do we do when we have high empathy scores and are therefore prone to emotional exhaustion with our work?This can result in compassion fatigue, burn out or vicarious traumatization.
Spirituality is important in patient care because it has been observed to give strength in being able to cope, have better quality of life and better well-being.This applies to ourselves also; engaging in our own spirituality will give us
the strength, resilience and well being to prevent emotional...