Physician Suicide – Qualitative and Quantitative Market Research

Category: Physician Suicide

Why Is This Resident Smiling???

February 20, 2020
Physician Burnout, Physician Suicide, Uncategorized

Check this out. What you will learn is that he is the “Chief Resident of Wellness” at Stanford University. Interesting in and of itself. But the plot thickens. Continuing on the theme of my most recent blog, wherein I referred you to Dr. Pamela Wible’s...

Replacing Physician Suicide With Physician Wellness

February 19, 2020
Physician Burnout, Physician Suicide

As I have mentioned previously, on February 5th of this year, I had the opportunity to give a presentation on physician burnout and suicide at the Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Conference in Newark, NJ. It was a very interesting experience. Amidst...

Physician Suicide Is Not Just An American Problem

January 29, 2020
Physician Burnout, Physician Suicide

Check this out. What you will see is that a single hospital in Israel, pictured above, has had four physician suicides since 2018. Amazingly, two of the physicians weren’t just Residents, who kill themselves with an extremely unfortunate regularity due to the stresses...

What Happens When A Doctor Says He Is Mentally Ill???

November 6, 2019
Physician Mindset, Physician Suicide

Check this out. You will see the answer. You will see that when a young, highly trained vascular surgeon admits that he has suicidal ideations, he is not likely to be going back into the operating room very soon. Or at all. You will learn about one such doctor...

“Starting to See Some Light”

October 4, 2018
Physician Suicide

Check this out. What you will see is one doctor’s take on “First Do Not Harm,” the new movie that I have referred you to previously. Importantly, she believes, as I believe, that at least starting to talk about this issue, to raise consciousness, is a good first...

Attaching a Face to Physician Suicide

October 2, 2018
Physician Suicide

I’ve written time and again about physician suicide, and the widespread burnout for which it is the ultimate last step. To my amazement, many of my colleagues don’t seem to understand why I feel so passionately and write so voluminously on this topic. Apparently,...

No URL Today!!!

June 21, 2018
Physician Burnout, Physician Suicide

Just the powerful infographic shown above. The numbers presented are clear and shocking enough that I don’t need to send you anyplace else today for additional information. Bottom Line. Ponder these three statistics and think about their impact on the delivery of...

Is Tackling Physician Burnout A Big Bucks Business???

June 12, 2018
Physician Stakeholders, Physician Suicide

Check this out. What you will see is the story of Novant, a healthcare system that has spent over $2 million to develop and implement a “resiliency” program for their doctors. Over 800 have participated so far. According to anecdotal evidence, it seems to be working....

Another Physician Suicide!!!

May 16, 2018
Physician Suicide

Check this out. What you will see is the report of yet another suicide in the medical profession. A fourth year medical student was found last week hanging from a rope in the NYU residence shown above. I am not sure what to say about this that I haven’t said before....

IT IS OKAY NOT TO FEEL OKAY

February 27, 2018
Physician Stakeholders, Physician Suicide

You know all that stuff I have been writing about physician burnout and suicide. Here is where that all begins. In this blog post, the first year medical student pictured above breaks down from the stress of it all. Wrestles with being embarrassed about sitting...