Am I the only doctor who isn’t burned out?
Throughout my premed and medical training, I’ve been deluged with a steady stream of negative thoughts regarding medicine as a career from outspoken, burnt-out physicians. To this day, nine years since I’ve finished my residency in family medicine, I remain passionately opposed to this sentiment. I’ve seen statistics and mathematical calculations painting a dark picture of the financial, personal and professional world of today’s physician, overwhelmed with debt, administrative nightmares, …