I learned so much talking with Dr. Leitner on the topic of burnout among physicians. I wasn’t really that familiar with terms like moral injury, learned helplessness, (other) before this. If you simply use the term burnout, it implies that th…
When I was a kid, I would go on house calls with my Dad, who was an internist in Chicago. We'd literally go into peoples' homes and he would pull the patient aside into a private room and have a visit. I was usually left in the kitchen or living roo…
These first two regular episodes shed light on a day in the life of both a patient (Ep 1) and then a doctor (Ep 2). Because I fundamentally believe in the utmost significance of the doctor-patient relationship, I hope that these two episodes shed so…
