Medscape 2021 Report

At the beginning of My Doctor's Meds journey, a very dear physician and friend said, "Pamela, every January the Medscape report on physician burnout and suicide comes due." I can still hear him saying it. There was a heaviness to the statement.
This year the title of the report is "Death by 1000 cuts: Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2021." Here are some statistics -

• Critical care jumped to the top of the burnout list at 51%
• 4.2% of medical professionals consider burnout severe enough to leave medicine.
• 29.8% of all respondents consider burnout to have a moderate to severe impact on their life.  
• 20% of physician’s overall identify as clinically depressed                                                               

How has COVID-19 affected your worklife happiness?

• Happiness among physicians took a huge plunge since the onset of the pandemic, from 69% pre-COVID-19 to 49% now

• 13% suicidal thoughts compared to 4.8% general population. ~3X the general population
• 79% of self-reported burnout said burnout started before the pandemic, 21% said it started after 

We believe that if patients knew that a significant portions of their doctors were hurting, as the Medscape survey shows, they would want to help out of their own volition. We intend to find those stories, guide/support those people through the creative process, and help them and their providers along the way.

In the US we lose a doctor a day to suicide. At My Doctor's Meds, we are the Patient Stories for doctors. We must save them back and bring meaning to the extra burdens they bear. As one physician stated in the Medscape article, "It's all of these causes; it's death by 1000 cuts." With your help, we can move the needle on physician/clinician wellness. We can help administrators support their clinical staff and residents.

#helpingthehealers
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Source: https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2021-lifestyle-burnout-6013456