Over and Out: Provider Burnout with Susan Gaines

Ridgeview Podcast: CME Series

In this podcast, Susan Gaines, is a Certified Life Coach who specializes in helping physicians deal with burnout, life purpose and reigniting passion. In this podcast, Susan talks about burnout, why it happens, what it looks like, and tools to fight it.

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Objectives:Upon completion of this podcast, participants should be able to:

• Recognize professional burnout in themselves and their colleagues.
• Explain the human and financial costs: personal, team, and system-wide.
• Identify at least 3 exercises that would calm onself in the midst of stress.
• Give examples for ways to build resilience longer term.
• State how to de-stigmatize asking for help, and demanding balance.

CME credit is only offered to Ridgeview Providers & Allied Health Staff for this podcast activity. Complete and submit the online evaluation form, after viewing the activity. Upon successful completion of the evaluation, you will be e-mailed a certificate of completion within approximately 2 weeks. You may contact the accredited provider with questions regarding this program at [e-mail].

To receive continuing education credit for this activity - click the link below, to complete the activity's evaluation.

CME Evaluation

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SHOW NOTES: *See the attachment for additional show information. This podcast focuses predominately on physicians, but understand that many listeners of this podcast work in various healthcare roles. It is recognized that burnout, especially for the last several years affects each of the various specialties across the organization. Many of the concepts discussed in this podcast, though specifically for physicians, are applicable across various healthcare disciplines.

*For the articles referenced in the podcast, please see the attached Show Notes for links.

Article 1: "Death by 1000 Cuts": Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2021- 12,00 physicians surveyed across 29 specialties- Results: - 42% reported burnout - 79% stated burnout started prior to the pandemic - Causes: too many bureaucratic tasks, too many hours at work, lack of respect from all groups - burn out had moderate to severe impact on their life - approx. 300 physicians commit sucide each year.

Article 2: Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States- $4.6 billion on national scale in physician turnober and reduced clinical hours - At an organizational level - burnout costs $7600 per employed physician each year, due to turnover and reduced clinical hours

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