Yale Daily News April 18, 2022
With a third of the healthcare workforce exposed to excessive death or threat of death during the COVID-19 pandemic, concern over physician burnout has spurred a nationwide physician wellness movement. Recent studies on physician burnout deepened understanding of work-life wellbeing and prompted programs to be implemented in Yale’s medical system.
In 1985, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry Mark Rego was fresh out of medical school. Thrust into training as an intern resident, he trudged through his first night “on-call.” This meant a 36-hour shift that usually culminated in around three to four hours of sleep before the next workday. Rego was ready to go to bed at around 4 a.m. But there was no place left to...
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