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We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Burnout is an ever-prevalent part of medicine, and it can come with real consequences. A speaker discussed how taking care of yourself can help take care of patients, too. ORLANDO \u2014 Self-care can help healthcare providers truly flourish, according to a speaker here. In her keynote presentation at the annual ACLM conference, Dawn Mussallem, DO, DipABLM, chief medical officer of Fountain Life in Jacksonville, Florida, discussed the importance of a healthcare provider\u2019s vitality both for themselves and their patients.
Self-care can help healthcare providers truly flourish, according to a speaker here. Image: Adobe Stock
Although flourishing is something that providers \u201caren\u2019t very good [at] in our own lives,\u201d Mussallem said that, if their own self-care is neglected, providers can carry exhaustion into the exam room with them. In 2023, 45.2% of physicians reported burnout, according to one study Mussallem cited. Plus, physicians had an 82% higher likelihood of burnout than those in other occupations (OR = 1.82; 95% CI, 1.63-2.05). A 2022 study published in BMJ highlights the consequences of this: physician burnout was associated with double the patient safety incidents. \u201cWe have to show up for ourselves,\u201d Mussallem said. \u201cI know we\u2019re each in these unique experiences of being pulled in so many different directions, but we have our own unique life that we can\u2019t lose sight of.\u201d However, she also highlighted that burnout levels move throughout time; for example, in the same 2023 study, researchers reported that 62.8% of providers felt burnt out in 2021, so the 45.2% number can be seen as an improvement. \u201cFive percent of the blood that the heart beats, it keeps for itself. You\u2019ve got to show up for yourself in life,\u201d she said. \u201cNinety-five percent of what it does is it\u2019s feeding the rest of the body. And in life, that\u2019s what each of you are doing. You are serving others. You are showing up for others in a way that you will never truly understand the impact of.\u201d But keeping that 5% is what makes giving the 95% possible, Mussallem said. \u201cGive back to yourself; 95% is showing up for the needs of others through that lens of love for humanity, and service and compassion,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you take your own medicine, others are going to follow you because you\u2019re going to be the biggest source of inspiration, and that\u2019s going to move every single life you touch.\u201d Sources\/Disclosures Source: Mussallem D. Keynote: Choose fully alive: Lifestyle medicine and the science of restoration, resilience and human flourishing. Presented at: Lifestyle Medicine Conference; Nov. 8-11, 2026; Orlando. References:
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