The battle against medical student and new-doctor burnout
As the audience of medical students decried the experiences that defined their academic lives, my cohort of middle-aged doctors started to squirm. We knew these stories: Doctors mistreating medical students, nurses, and other doctors; learning to cope with brutally long work hours; the struggle to grasp vague and ever-changing expectations while quickly bouncing from one clinical rotation to the next.
The four of us had eagerly agreed to participate on the …
