SurgeonMasters Blog - Burnout Prevention & Surgeon Wellness Education

Top 4 Things that Cause Surgeon Burnout

Surgeon burnout has become a serious problem in recent years, reaching near epidemic levels. Even for doctors who have experienced burnout, it can be

Now, I’ll be the FIRST to admit that checking into a place of mutual understanding isn’t always easy, as I was immediately offended for my colleague

Communicating with mutual understanding—It’s not always easy but it IS important. Unfortunately, many of us have lost sight of that

It's Friday and I'm not a surgeon anymore. And I miss it every day and especially on Friday. My life is just the same as everyone's, but it's

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A few year’s ago, I had a very successful surgical practice, but I was not happy that doctors were losing control of how best to care for patients. I

The term "Time-Out" means different things to different people, but to Surgeons it means something specific. Surgical

Three years ago, I declared my independence from burnout. Monday is when our country celebrates the Declaration of Independence authored by Thomas

As a surgeon, your training probably didn’t prioritize “communication”—you learned how to save lives and heal bodies, not how to verbalize thoughts,