2 tales of physician assistant burnout

For the first 12 years as a physician assistant, I thought provider burnout only happened to wusses, those better suited to working in health insurance or doctoring at a summer camp.  Sure, I felt overwhelmed at times, but I planned to soldier on in clinical practice, happily serving my patients until retirement.

That was before.   Before dreading Sunday nights, feeling heaviness in my gut, a tightness in my neck, and bouts …

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