Physician Burnout and its Effects on Relationships with Samu Carvajal (my husband)
Episode description
This episode we discuss physician burnout and how it can affect our partners. Who better to have on as a guest than my own husband?
During internship and residency I was suffering from a deep burnout while also being a newlywed, oh and the pandemic hit in my second month as a junior doc.
The strain of my burnout, the pressures of the job, COVID-19 and being newly married wasn't easy.
Today we have an open conversation about:
- How burnout affected our relationship
- How it affected Samu, my partner
- What helped us get through it
- What I found most helpful from him in my time of need
- The relationship now, after slowly recovering from burnout and leaving clinical medicine
- My career transition
Personally, I left clinical medicine for my own health. However, this isn't the answer for everyone. I believe we can all find the right path for us. Whether you want to stay in medicine but improve your current situation, adjust the way you practice, change specialties, find a non-clinical career or do something completely different. Stay tuned for next weeks episode where we will do a deep dive into burnout with Dr Amy Imms, creator of the Burnout Project.
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