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J Hosp Med
September 2024
Department of Internal Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Perm J
June 2023
Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
After reviewing a substantial amount of published data on academic physician burnout, we were left pondering the question, "Are we on the right track with combating burnout?" This point-counterpoint manuscript details two opposing viewpoints: 1) the current approach to fighting burnout is working, and 2) resources should be diverted and focus placed on other areas because current interventions are failing physicians. In addressing these points, we discuss four poignant questions that we discovered researching this multifaceted issue: 1) Why do current burnout interventions have limited effects on prevalence over time? 2) Who benefits from the current health care structure (is burnout a profitable and desirable consequence of our work environment)? 3) What organizational conceptual frameworks are most beneficial to improve burnout? 4) How do we take responsibility and seize the ground for our own well-being? Though these differing viewpoints provoked an engaging and lively conversation among our writing team, we all agree on one point. Burnout is an immense problem that affects physicians, patients, and society; therefore, it demands our attention and resources.
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September 2021
Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel - Lahey Health, Burlington, MA, USA.
In an era of automated measurements and analysis, the time and resource intensive process of dosimetric plan verification for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatments would seem to be ripe for improvement. In this Point-Counterpoint contribution, the authors debate benefits of methods both hypothetical and established. I offer thanks to our contributors and note that they are writing in the classic style of a debate, the opinions that they argue may or may not reflect their personal views.
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October 2013
Department of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95618.
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