KevinMD September 25, 2024
“Every person is the hero of their own story.”
– Aaron Saguil, MD
Problem:
The demands of medical training continue to put trainees and faculty at a high risk of burnout and mental health issues. Initial responses to this crisis centered around educational approaches. For these approaches, the unit of analysis is the individual. The unstated assumption of educational approaches is that the problem of burnout stems from a lack of awareness or skills at the individual level rather than system factors. A significant limitation of this approach is that it does not address the structural influences that lie outside of the control of the individual trainee. In recognition of this, a second wave of interventions has focused on the environment...
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