Why Physician Burnout Is NOT A Problem | Dike Drummond from thehappymd.com

We recognize Dr. Dike Drummond as this week’s Happy Doc. Dr. Drummond is a Mayo trained family physician, professional coach, author, speaker, and trainer. He is also the CEO and founder of thehappymd.com, an online community with a focus on prevention of physician burnout and achieving the Quadruple Aim in Healthcare Organization.

He has created multiple avenues to prevent burnout including written documents, a retreat, and coaching services from a multi-level perspective:

-The Burnout Prevention Matrix Report – contains over 235 ways to prevent physician burnout

–The Book Stop Physician Burnout – what to do when working harder isn’t working

-The Heart of the Healer Physician Wellness Retreat

–The Quadruple Aim Physician Leadership Retreat

–Physician Coaching Services

-Burnout Proof – a burnout prevention smartphone application

Please listen to our episode to learn more from this week’s Happy Doc!

In this Conversation We Learn About:

1. Why Dr. Drummond built ThehappyMD
2. Why burnout isn’t a problem
3. The importance of having a set of strategies to handle burnout
4. The concept of the “Energy Bank Account”
5. What a  negative physical, emotional, and spiritual energy balance looks like
6. What a positive physical, emotional, and spiritual energy balance looks like
7. The experience of a burnt-out system/culture
8. Example strategies to reduce burnout on a daily basis
9. Using The Reverse Differential Diagnosis

A Tip For The Listeners

It’s okay to be human. It’s okay to cry. To be in pain, to ache, to love, to pray, to fail, to miss a diagnosis, to sit with a dying patient. In most cases people are asking you to ignore this. You can’t NOT do it… otherwise you are a robot. You can’t have a healing encounter with a robot. Be human, honor your humanity. Take care of your physiology. Even though most programs have tried to beat that out of you, believe that this is the only way to be a functional doctor.

-Dike Drummond MD

Achieving The Quadruple Aim

There has been a focus on better outcomes for patients, lowering costs in the health care system, and improving the patient experience. We are severely lacking on the fourth aim, to improve clinician experience. Please support physicians and groups such as Dike Drummond from thehappymd.com, The Happy Doc, and many others to improve the very important clinician experience, an integral part of the healthcare experience!

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