Physician Wellness, Mental Health and Burnout

Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, and Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, about addressing physician suicide and destigmatizing mental health. Plus, they share their favorite resilience hacks.

Intro :42 The Topic :54 Cohost/guest introductions 1:08 Discussion 3:37 The importance of recognizing the warning signs and addressing physician suicide 5:04 Destigmatizing mental health 13:07 The effect of social media 14:56 Favorite wellness/resilience hacks 20:04 You can’t make everyone happy 30:56 What are the “three good things”? 31:28 Feeling burned out on burnout 34:20 Advice for those who are struggling 38:52 Thank you for listening 42:02

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Jaya Badhwar Kumar, MD, is a vitreoretinal surgeon and partner at Florida Retina Institute.

Jullia Rosdahl, MD, PhD, is an associate professor, department wellness officer, director of medical student education in the department of ophthalmology at Duke University.

References:

For more information on suicide prevention, visit American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Hotline or call 800-273-TALK.

For more information on physician suicide, visit sharpindex.org.

Wong AMF. Can J Ophthalmol. 2020;55:7-16.  

Disclosures: Enyedi reports serving on the Novartis Advisory Board for Amblyopia. Kumar reports consulting for Alimera. McCabe is an equity owner of Ocular Innovations and reports receiving numerous grants, consulting fees, advisory fee and speaking fees and is the chief medical officer of Eye Health America and is the medical director at the Eye Associates. Rosdahl reports no relevant financial disclosures.