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Physician resiliency?
B Silbaugh1, J Winchester-Silbaugh
1St. Joseph Healthcare Delivery System, Albuguergue, NM, USA.
Physician Executive
|June 6, 1998
Summary
Physicians experience significant distress due to healthcare changes, often exhibiting learned helplessness. The medical profession
Area of Science:
- Medical sociology
- Physician well-being
- Healthcare management
Background:
- The healthcare industry is undergoing profound changes.
- These changes have led to widespread anger, frustration, and unhappiness among physicians.
- Physicians' professional autonomy, image, lifestyles, and patient relationships are under threat.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine physicians' responses to threats within the evolving healthcare landscape.
- To explore the concept of physician resiliency.
- To understand why physicians may be less resilient compared to other professional groups.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of physician responses to healthcare industry changes.
- Exploration of learned helplessness as a behavior in physicians.
- Examination of factors contributing to lower resilience in the medical profession.
Main Results:
- Physicians exhibit "learned helplessness" despite their status.
- The structure and training of the medical profession may hinder physician resilience.
- Physicians face significant challenges to their autonomy, image, and relationships.
Conclusions:
- The medical profession's structure may inherently make physicians less resilient to environmental changes.
- Understanding and addressing physician burnout and lack of resilience is critical.
- Further research is needed on fostering resilience within the medical community.