Season 7 | Episode 8
Dr. Venktesh Ramnath | Visitor
On this episode, Dr. Seema Khosla explores the vital challenge of clinician burnout with Dr. Venktesh Ramnath, Affiliate Scientific Professor at UC San Diego. Shifting past typical wellness recommendation, Dr. Ramnath provides sensible methods for addressing burnout at its systemic roots reasonably than treating it as a person failure.
The dialog examines how one can acknowledge true burnout versus momentary fatigue and challenges the frequent rhetoric about “resilience” that shifts accountability from damaged programs to people. Dr. Ramnath shares his private burnout expertise and discusses whether or not dramatic profession modifications are mandatory earlier than making significant enhancements to skilled satisfaction.
Uncover actionable steps for lowering burnout, together with negotiating with management, establishing horizontal skilled networks, and eliminating low-value work. Find out how coding effectivity pertains to burnout and perceive the rising function of “well being architects” in creating sustainable medical workplaces.
The dialogue additionally addresses Dr. Ramnath’s public response to calls for for federal worker productiveness reporting, methods for constructive office conversations, and sensible recommendation for saying “no” successfully—an important ability hardly ever taught in medical coaching. Whether or not contemplating a job change or attempting to enhance a present place, this episode gives important steerage for making a extra sustainable medical profession.
