Stop Physician Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn't Working

by Dike Drummond

STOP PHYSICIAN BURNOUT – What to do when working harder … isn’t working Over 40,000 Copies Sold. The first step-by-step manual for any physician in any specialty to stop physician burnout, build a more ideal practice and a more balanced life. Chart your course from Physician Burnout to Your Ideal Practice using this first comprehensive stress-reduction resource for practicing physicians. You can be a modern doctor and have an extraordinary life when you learn and practice the tools in this book. Does this feel even remotely familiar?
“I’m not sure I can go on like this for much longer!”
“There is no one I can talk to—no one who would understand!”
“This is crazy…am I crazy?” Use this book to STOP the downward spiral of physician burnout with field-tested, doctor-approved techniques discovered through thousands of hours of one-on-one coaching with physicians facing career-threatening burnout. Dr. Dike Drummond, MD, CEO and founder of TheHappyMD.com, will show ~ Physician burnout symptoms, effects, and complications
~ Physician burnout pathophysiology and four main causes
~ How to bypass the invisible doctor “Mind Trash” that gets in the way of your recovery from physician burnout
~ The three step process to ensure you are always building a more ideal practice
~ 14 proven burnout prevention techniques and FREE access to an additional 19 techniques on our Power Tools web page—a private resource library only for book purchasers like you
~ How to know when it is time to quit this job and conduct a physician job search
~ How to know when it is time to actually retire and how to do that will skill and grace
~ Seven case studies of real doctors and the way they put these burnout prevention tools to use Stop Physician Burnout is unlike any physician burnout book in existence. It contains a step-by-step method to build a more Ideal Practice and a more balanced life whether or not you are suffering from physician burnout at the moment ==========
"Such a vital area of medicine and desperately needed. Clear, simple and actionable. It is a gift."
~ Stephen Beeson MD author of Engaging A manual to physician partnership ==========
Dike Drummond, MD is a Mayo-trained family doctor, executive coach, speaker, and consultant on physician burnout prevention and physician leadership for doctors in all specialties. He is CEO of TheHappyMD.com—an online source of tools and information so YOU can be a Happy MD. His online community of over 8300 physicians from 63 different countries has allowed him to create and test the physician burnout lessons in this book in the real world of practicing doctors and their rapidly changing healthcare environment. Dr. Drummond's physician burnout prevention articles are frequently posted on KevinMD.com, HuffingtonPost.com, TheDoctorWeighsIn.com. He has consulted with or been a featured speaker for Kaiser Permanente Northwest, MD Anderson Cancer Center, McKesson US Oncology Network, The Group Practice Improvement Network, the AAFP, the ACPE, the Minnesota Medical Association, and many more. ==========
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Genres: Medical, Self Help, Leadership

204 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2014

Reviews

[Lenny Husen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding. Very simply written, but packed with excellent information and more importantly, with tips and strategies that actually work.

I am not burned out and my job satisfaction is 7.5 out of 10, but I was completely surprised how much of the book felt relevant to my own practice.
Being a physician is so emotionally, intellectually and physically stressful, that we all need all the tools we can find to prevent Burnout.

I read this because I am in charge of my organization's Burnout Prevention/Wellness Committee and I wanted to get more information about how I can lead the group to help Burnt Out Providers. This book is Tailor-Made for that purpose. There actually is a lot of information on how to be an effective Leader.

This was an enjoyable, educational read. I like Dr. Drummond--he comes across as enthusiastic, sincere, and he doesn't pretend this severe problem is easily solved. He does give me hope that Physician Burn Out is a preventable and treatable disease.

Note: although it says "Physician" in the Title, the tools in this book apply extremely well for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Dentists, Orthodontists, Teachers, Psychotherapists, really for anyone in one of the Helping or Healing Professions. This is a book I will be giving as a gift this Christmas.

[NEON8L · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for burnout prevention in physicians. It will not be helpful once one has developed a full-blown picture. The book also has elements on what can be done by the profession and by the health care organizations to make life more manageable. The type of training by people who were selected to be perfectionists, an image reinforced by the expectations of patients and society all contribute to burnout, which is seen in > 40% of physicians in the U.S. and Canada today. Dr Dike Drummond, who writes from personal experience and from coaching hundreds of physicians, provides good diagnostic description, and offers many tools to prevent burnout and work with its dilemmas. This book is not for everyone, but a good read for physicians and for those live or work with them.

[Nicholas Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although the ideal target audience is narrow, this book was surprisingly captivating from the first page to the last. Dike does an amazing job of drawing you in, helping you understand, and then giving practical solutions. This book is best consumed in bite sized chunks with a pen and paper handy to jot down your own thoughts and answer the questions he poses. I can't wait to take my learnings and share them with my fellow physicians.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book - this would be a great book to read as a small group of physicians figuring out how to avoid, stave off or recover from burnout. This has a great number of small and big tips in it that is worth reading over and over and working to implement. The book actually has some cross industry application beyond the medical field, although it is directed towards physicians. But I can see this being read and adapted by pastors, teachers, police officers and more.

[Natasha Kolb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plenty of helpful tips to improve job satisfaction, even if not quite burned out.