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Wellness pearls Top tips from IRs on avoiding burnout
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alking about wellness and preventing burnout is much easier than successfully doing it.
It’s no wonder that burn out is so
prevalent among the medical community, where high-stress scenarios partner with demanding schedules and an ever-shifting array of additional responsibilities. Finding ways to safeguard wellbeing that fit with this lifestyle can be tricky. Preventing burnout also requires individuals to think critically about wellbeing, relaxation and what de-stressing looks like, because wellness looks different to everyone. Sometimes it’s meditation. Sometimes it’s sitting quietly in your office.
IR Quarterly asked members of the SIR Wellness and Burnout Committee to share their own tips for combatting burnout and prioritizing their own wellness, from organizing their schedules to facing down acute stress.
30 IRQ | FALL 2021
Reflect on the day Jonathan Gross, MD Balancing life at work with life outside of work, maintaining hobbies and interests, and meditating
(if you’re into that kind of thing) are all important strategies to prevent burnout. But the schedule in a busy interventional radiology practice is often unpredictable, and sometimes there just isn’t time to prioritize one’s own well-being.
When that happens, I try to set aside at least 2 minutes at the end of each day to think of an experience that made that day more meaningful. Maybe it was a nice interaction with a patient, or a discussion with a colleague, or a case that went well.
Reflecting on one meaningful experience each day reminds me of the importance of what we do and helps me to get through busy, stressful times.
Accept that we’re human Ali Abbas Saifuddin, MD Selfcare is one of the most important things we, as interventional radiologists, can do for our personal and
professional growth and fulfilment. After all, we cannot take care of our patients without taking care of ourselves first. The most important thing I have picked up during residency is to accept that mistakes happen, but also to learn from every mistake, whether small or large.
Healthy body, healthy mind Jaimin D. Shah, MD
I don’t think there’s one simple answer to preventing burnout; what works for some may not work for others.
In the beginning, figuring out what worked for me was a bit of trial and error, but exercise has played a large role in my overall mental and physical wellness. I use exercise to define goals that I work towards and always leave a workout feeling more energized than when I started. It has really given me something to focus on and work toward that is completely unrelated to my career.
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