How to deal with burnout. With Ami Foster. Episode 94

Doctors at Work

Burnout affects many professionals in healthcare. In this episode, Ami Foster and I discuss how to spot when you are in the middle of it, and what can be done about it. Better than dealing with burnout would be prevention. We talk about how as doctors we are constantly on sympathetic system over-drive, but actually we need to invest in our wellbeing for the sake of the future including our own career success and longevity. The reality is that the world will always want more from us, so it is for us to put in some boundaries and strategies to help set us up for short-term and long-term success. It's not selfish to practice self-care, and you can be both patient focused and interested in your own wellbeing.
Ami Foster is a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. 20 years post-residency experience in patient centered medical care with a holistic approach including teaching Family Medicine residents, medical students, and PA and FNP within the clinical setting. By exposure to a wide variety of practices during my career, I have a unique understanding of the complexities and challenges of providing patient centered care, managing practices with cost containment and collaboration across the care continuum. Experience with ACO, value based care contracts, HCC coding, closing care gaps and working with care teams to promote quality patient care and cost containment across the care continuum. Physician advisor experience with Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid. MCG certified 2024. Experienced with Interqual guidelines. Utilization management experience: outpatient imaging procedures; Specialty Pharmacy-Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Commercial; Medicare: inpatient concurrent reviews, prior authorization review, waivers and post acute care review including SNF, IRF and LTACH. Knowledge of Interqual, MCG and NCQA guidelines. Collaboration within physician and care teams and peer to peer interactions. I have a passion for facilitating physician wellness especially at the medical student and residency level of training! I am licensed to practice medicine in Texas, Colorado, Michigan and Hawaii. I am also a licensed real estate agent in Texas.
Listen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
Production: Shot by Polachek
You can find out more about Mat's coaching to help doctors create successful and meaningful careers at www.MatDaniel.net.