Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself #243 Recognizing and addressing burnout in healthcare, depression, and a leave of absence with pediatric oncologist Tammie Chang, MD
This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Tammie Chang. In our discussion, we talk about recognizing and addressing burnout in healthcare, depression, and leave of absence.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- What contributes to health care provider burnout and burnout in general
- How patients can show up to get better care from their providers
- Signs and symptoms of burnout
- AMA toolkit for organizational joy: how to create well-being programs.
GUEST SHARED HELPFUL TIPS ON:
- How to thrive as a health care provider
- What you can do to treat and prevent burnout
- How to be an advocate for your own health
- Tools available to the healthcare system to create well-being programs to prevent burnout in the workspace
ABOUT GUEST:
Tammie Chang, M.D., is a board-certified physician in pediatric hematology/oncology and author of the book, Boundaries as a Woman Physician: The Key to Loving Your Life and Career in Medicine (February 3, 2021.)and coauthor of How to Thrive as a Woman Physician.
Boundaries as a Woman Physician focuses on the understanding that to heal and serve others, one must first focus on having a healthy body, spirit and mind. Tammie highlights the importance of good self-care habits and boundaries in a physician’s life to avoid burnout, stress and exhaustion. She shares her own debilitating burnout story and that of three other physicians, acknowledging her struggles and the ways she broke the barrier of shame many physicians have when it comes to mental health and self-care
Tammie earned her bachelor’s and medical degree from Brown University in Providence, R.I. She completed her residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts and completed her fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
WHERE TO FIND :
Tammie's personal burnout story can be found on HBR Ascend: https://hbr.org/2022/03/my-burnout-nearly-cost-me-everything-now-i-help-other-physicians-overcome-it
As well as her new book, which is #1 on Amazon in 15 health categories: https://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Women-Physicians-Career-Medicine-ebook/dp/B09R7VY1QF
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammiechangmd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammie-chang-md-254821195/
https://www.tammiechangmd.com/
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https://www.christabiegler.com/
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