Many physicians feel their work is never done. The last patient leaves the office, but a pile of paperwork remains. Charts, just waiting to be filled out, seem to come at a never-ending pace. A healthy work-life balance seems achievable in theory, but in reality…it’s often unattainable.
“In private practice, I had the pervading sense that because of all the distractions and competing agendas I wasn’t able to deliver the best care I was capable of. There was an underlying layer of guilt, and of missed professional opportunity.”
— Dr. Duane Gainsburg
After years of providing healthcare at this pace, far too many physicians are experiencing burnout. That’s why many are accepting locum tenens assignments.
Weatherby Healthcare’s locum tenens provider Duane Gainsburg, MD shares his personal experience with physician burnout and the role locum tenens now plays in his work-life balance in an article titled “How Locum Tenens Can Solve Physician Burnout.”
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