Doctors are like hamsters running on an exercise wheel to nowhere

<p>“No wonder doctors feel like hamsters running on an exercise wheel to nowhere. And this sense of futility is driving burnout. How much patient care will you get out of docs who have moved on to nonclinical jobs, retired early, or committed suicide due to burnout? The time for rumination and hand-wringing is over! It is time for medical organizations to cooperate, take prompt action, and avert a health care crisis by protecting one of their most precious health care resources.”</p> <p><a href= "https://www.sweetwatermemorial.com/providers/banu-e-symington-md/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">Banu Symington</a> is a hematology-oncology physician.</p> <div class="ad_wrapper"> <div id="mpt-content-3" class="mpt-ad" data-mobile-height="250" data-desktop-height="250"> </div> <div class="ad_placeholder_3 mpt_ap"> </div> </div> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, “<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/08/no-wonder-doctors-feel-like-hamsters-running-on-an-exercise-wheel-to-nowhere.html" target="_self" rel="follow noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">No wonder doctors feel like hamsters running on an exercise wheel to nowhere</a>.”</p> <div class="ad_wrapper"> <div id="mpt-content-4" class="mpt-ad" data-mobile-height="250" data-desktop-height="250"> </div> <div class="ad_placeholder_4 mpt_ap"> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external"><img class="alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" srcset= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-768x157.jpg 768w, https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-117x24.jpg 117w, https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2.jpg 800w" alt="" width="300" heig