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Here’s what I do to fight physician burnout

Kevin Pho, MD
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September 22, 2017
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One way to fight burnout is to have a passion outside of medicine, or another passion within medicine.  The work I do with KevinMD is what is preventing me from becoming a burned out, physician statistic.

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