Burnout in Healthcare Beyond the Effects of COVID

Episode Description:

With the COVID pandemic, healthcare workers are facing extreme stress and negative effects of professional burnout. For many years prior to the pandemic, healthcare professionals have risked burnout based on the demands at many levels -- institution, system, and individual patient and self-expectations -- for their important roles in our society. Join Dr. Weinstein and I for this discussion of these many factors facing these professionals in healthcare (and many other fields) as we talk about the problems, and possible remedies, including (you guessed it -- mindfulness practice!)

About Dr. Adam Weinstein:

Adam Weinstein, MD, is VP of medical affairs with Clinical IT Services at DaVita Kidney Care and a part-time clinical nephrologist in Maryland. He serves as the American Medical Association Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) advisor for the Renal Physicians Association (RPA) and chairs the RPA clinical data registry workgroup. Dr. Weinstein is a cofounder for the Kidney Health Center of Maryland. He has worked as VP of medical affairs at the University of Maryland, Shore Regional Health and has served on the Maryland Healthcare Commission and RPA board of directors. He completed his training in internal medicine and nephrology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland Medical Center.