Welcome to the Cooked But Not Done Club
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, another lousy golfer, terrible cook, friction fixer
Dear Doctor Meyers,
Welcome to the Cooked But Not Done Club.?
As one of thousands of doctors who have burned out but certainly are not finished, we welcome you to the CBND Club. We congratulate you for having the guts to give up the Warrior Mentality of Medicine and move on to your next life and career adventure. We know it wasn't easy for you or the members of your family to make and accept your decision, but we know by that smile on your face that you did the right thing.
Frontline health care professionals are at particular risk for mental health conditions, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidality . Yet many physicians are afraid to speak up and get help out of fear it could jeopardize their careers, writes pediatrician Seema Jilani in a New York Times op-ed . State licensing boards and hospital credentialing forms still ask about whether someone has faced any mental health issues, and the fear of repercussions drives physicians to seek care quietly or even leave medicine.
When you find yourself in this toasty situation, you have four choices:
Flight: Find another way to help patients, e.g., non-clinical careers
Fight: Confront the reality and adopt or adapt to modern technologies and models in medicine
Freeze: Do nothing
Freedom: Create your own future outside of medicine
Whichever path you choose, we are here to support you.
Here are your member benefits:
1. Several more years of life expectancy.
2. Monthly chapter meetings with other club members who will share their stories.
3. A 1-800-BURNOUT line in case you feel yourself even thinking about going back to clinical practice.
4. Exceptional discounts for rental cars, hotel, and airfare for those trips to visit the grandchildren or going to San Francisco to pitch for investment money in your startup.
5. An online mentorship platform where you can pass it forward.
6. Encore career training.
7. An income-defined, stratified-dues structure.
9. The special anniversary edition of the Cooked but Not Done cookbook or a?history of Parisian pissoirs? to read when you are?PISSING on burnout.
10. Exclusive discounts on supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, medicinal foods, probiotics, and all the other hot new things you should put in your mouth that may or may not do you any good.
11. A discount membership to The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
12. Invitations to our doctor, nurses, and pharmacist CBND Meetup
Oblivious Leaders
Addition Sickness
Broken Communications
Jargon Monoxide
Fast and Frenzied
You will also be happy to know that there is no MOC requirement to maintain your status in good standing. Our new Chief Wellness Officer will be contacting you shortly. The last one burned out.
Once again, enjoy the next act.?Just try not to screw it up.
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs on Substack
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, another lousy golfer, terrible cook, friction fixer
4 个月https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/physician-burnout-by-specialty.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=4791H6365567H0Y
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, another lousy golfer, terrible cook, friction fixer
4 个月https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/4-health-systems-moving-to-epic.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=4791H6365567H0Y
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, another lousy golfer, terrible cook, friction fixer
7 个月https://hbr.org/2024/04/how-burnout-became-normal-and-how-to-push-back-against-it?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_Active&deliveryName=NL_DailyAlert_20240424
Director - Hospital Physician Programs - Colorado/Kansas/Utah
6 年Based on your article...would you fall into a category of burnout out or engaged??
Regional Director, Operations Care Management
6 年OK, now my mouth is watering. Where's the baked potato and asparagus? A nice red would pair well with this.