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Gail Gazelle1, Jane M Liebschutz, Helen Riess
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, POB 669, Brookline, MA, 02446, USA, drgazelle@gailgazelle.com.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
|December 21, 2014
Summary
Professional coaching offers a stigma-free approach to combat physician burnout by enhancing self-awareness and control. This method helps doctors leverage strengths to improve engagement and purpose, addressing workplace pressures and personal predispositions.
Area of Science:
- Medical Professionalism
- Occupational Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Physician burnout affects 25-60% of doctors across specialties.
- External pressures from healthcare environments and internal traits contribute to burnout.
- Medical culture's emphasis on perfectionism and denial of vulnerability exacerbates burnout.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the potential of professional coaching as a strategy to address physician burnout.
- To demonstrate how coaching can increase physicians' internal locus of control.
Main Methods:
- Professional coaching, adapted from business applications.
- Focus on enhancing self-awareness, identifying strengths, and challenging self-defeating beliefs.
- Utilizing techniques from positive psychology, mindfulness, and self-determination theory.
Main Results:
- Coaching aims to increase a physician's sense of accomplishment, purpose, and engagement.
- It helps individuals access existing strengths and skills more effectively.
- A case example illustrates the application and potential benefits of coaching.
Conclusions:
- Professional coaching presents a promising, results-oriented method for mitigating physician burnout.
- It addresses burnout by fostering greater self-awareness and control.
- While evidence is developing, the theoretical underpinnings suggest coaching's efficacy.
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