Buddhist inspired resources for physicians and other health care professionals.
Posted in Burnout, Medical Education, Mindfulness in Medicine on Oct 25th, 2008
I often hear this expression in the hospital coming from those with some degree of equanimity about the inevitable and frustrating vicissitudes one encounters in the health care system. When health-care practitioners are confronted with dreaded or unanticipated outcomes and situations are scrutinized endlessly in search of uncovering what went wrong or how things may [...]
Posted in Burnout, Medical Education, Mindfulness in Medicine on Oct 23rd, 2008
“The path to happiness and a sense of well-being in this very life lies not in avoiding suffering but in using the conscious, embodied, direct experience of it as a vehicle to gain deep insight into the true nature of life and your own existence.”
Words of wisdom for the burned-out medical practitioner, from Phillip Moffitt’s [...]
Posted in Burnout, Mindfulness in Medicine, Research/Evidence-Based Medicine on Sep 19th, 2008
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Health Care Professionals: Results From a Randomized Trial.
Shapiro, Shauna L. 1,6; Astin, John A. 2; Bishop, Scott R. 3,4; Cordova, Matthew 5
International Journal of Stress Management. 12(2):164-176, May 2005.
The literature is replete with evidence that the stress inherent in health care negatively impacts health care professionals, leading to increased depression, decreased [...]
Posted in Burnout on Sep 18th, 2008
An excellent little Commentary on Physician Burnout and Buddhism. From the Archives of Dermatology: http://archderm.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/138/5/587.pdf