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Take-Away II – Validation Validate the provider experience of moral injury and talk about it openly. One of the biggest lessons I learned working as

Take-Away I – Stop Saying Burnout Stop staying burn-out. Get to the root problem, if it is moral injury, then call it that. I am

Self-harm One of the biggest secrets of practicing medicine is that physicians and other providers often have poor mental health. About 10-14% of physicians suffer

Redirected Anger Healthcare workers are six times more likely to experience violence in the workplace than the average worker in the United States. In a

Quiet quitting As per a Gallup article in May 2023, quiet quitting can be defined as: “the idea spreading virally on social media that millions

Staffing Shortages Moral injury isn’t just impacting physicians and other healthcare clinicians. It is impacting the bottom line. One of the most interesting trends in

Leaning Out One of the most distressing conversations I had recently was with a young woman starting her final year of medical school. She had

Early Retirement Why should we care about moral injury? Reason #1: Early retirements – clinicians adjust their expectations for spending so they can leave before

The Big Picture We are awash in “burnout”. This term has been used for almost every industry, including medicine and healthcare. This term has outstayed

No going back On a recent podcast, I talked with the host, Terry McDougall, PCC, MBA, about the new ways of working. Terry said: “There