Dr. Elisabeth Poorman is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago in Internal Medicine and Addictions. She has published articles about addiction treatment in academic journals and for National Public Radio. She also has done extensive work and publications regarding physician mental health, systemic solutions in the crisis of burnout and suicide in medicine. She is active in the Help Healthcare Heal Coalition. She is a brilliant writer about these topics and more on her website www.drpoorman.org
In this episode: Join us as she shares pearls about the danger of empathy being a risk factor for burnout, focusing on compassion, the importance of nurturing your mental health, as well as ways to be proactive in mental health. Strategies include opt out therapy, addressing stigma associated with licensing questions and separating mental health services from the locations where we work.
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