The Anesthesiology Channel
Amanda Xi, MD, an anesthesiologist and intensivist at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses her experience with burnout. She explains that the patients were really sick and the schedule was brutal, which led to decreased sleep, increased debt, and burnout. Dr Xi discusses the definition of burnout, recent survey data on the topic, her personal experience with burnout, and 6 ways that she addressed her burnout and continues to use to prevent future burnout.