Coaching Doctors to Address the Burnout Crisis | Rebecca Merrill

A crisis of burnout is rippling through the medical community; physicians are experiencing ever-increasing mental, physical, and social strain while the healthcare system offers little assistance with that burden. For leadership coach Rebecca Merrill, this crisis is a calling. For years, she has been coaching senior leaders in healthcare to help them reconnect with what brought them to medicine in the first place. In this episode, we speak with Merrill about how she helps clinicians lead a purposeful life and how healthcare institutions can better safeguard against workforce attrition.

In this episode, you will hear about: 

• What coaching is, how it compares to therapy, and how it can help doctors -  2:20
• What makes physicians unique when it comes to coaching them - 10:40
• How Merrill responds to skepticism of coaching - 14:44
• The primary causes causes of physician burnout - 16:32
• How healthcare administrators can balance patient satisfaction with physician well-being - 24:32 
• Merrill’s advice to medical professionals around self-care 38:06
• Merrill’s advice to healthcare leaders and administrators who want to better support and protect their staff from burnout - 40:28

Merrill's website can be found at MerrillLeadership.com.

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