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1Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (D.K-O.).
Abstract:
Physician burnout persists despite sustained institutional efforts to promote clinician well-being. This perspective explores art-making as a means of reclaiming agency, identity, and meaning within medical practice. Through the act of making-bringing something into existence and recognizing oneself in it-physicians may counteract key domains of burnout, including depersonalization and diminished personal accomplishment. Although art-making cannot resolve structural drivers of burnout, it offers a parallel domain in which physicians can restore self-recognition and re-engage with the human dimensions of care.
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