Being short-staffed, working through a maxed-out appointment schedule, your share of emergencies? It may seem like a physician's job stress is inevitable. Here are some ways to challenge it.
has pointed to measures such as staff surveys, flexible schedules, a better work-home balance as well as help with EHR entry as steps practices can employ to help offset some of this stress. However, these are primarily organization-level changes that require a top-down approach., 29% of physicians reduced their work hours to relieve stress, 25% used meditation, 22% changed their workflow or staffing, and 21% changed jobs altogether.
Instead, you can adopt some small steps on the job as you see patients, manage admin work, and navigate interpersonal conflict to help mitigate the stress of practicing medicine and keep burnout at bay.It's time for physicians who are stressed to move toward a more supportive environment, says Daniel Selling, PsyD, psychologist and founder and CEO of"Talk about your stress," he says.
You can also reconsider how you spend your time during a single workday. Perhaps you can space out patients differently, so you have different break patterns, suggests Selling. And work in some restarts, too: If possible, take a 5-minute walk outside or leave the office space for a change of environment when you feel stressed.Research backs the benefits of spending a few minutes daily thinking about what you're grateful for.
Selling says the changes you make to reduce your stress don't have to be sweeping. Instead, change starts with one step down a path. For example, if you've never taken a lunch break before, don't start with an hour. Find 10 or 15 minutes. Or start even smaller: Set a reminder on your phone every 2 hours to take a 5-minute break.
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