BEST OF MOBILE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES 2015
On the Brink of Physician Meltdown?
Make a Parody Twitter Account (Seriously!)
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Dylan J. Chadwick
Physicians Office Resource
Staff Writer
activities and
persistent
monitoring of
one’s workplace
investments are
paramount for
staving off
burnout, modern technology affords us more
ways to work through our own frustrations
than ever before. Many physicians find their
days a confusing labyrinth of missed
appointment, over-bookings and the endless
barrage of other “variables” that accompany a
day in the office. In this reality, physicians
must often settle on finding their “workplace
solace” in whatever intermittent private
moments they can find.
ccupational burnout is a
condition in which an
individual’s physical, mental
and/or emotional well-being
are compromised or otherwise
negatively affected by overworking. Once
upon a time, “burnout” wasn’t even a
buzzword, let alone a legitimate affliction,
but as our culture evolves and we don our
“business casual” in place of the stone spears
and loin cloths our hunter/gatherer
progenitors took to work, a new breeds of
hazardous workplace pitfalls abound.
In reality, burnout isn’t specific to any one
type of occupation. Its damaging effects
ravage those in white, blue or no-collar
positions equally, not just those with “high
intensity” demands like firefighters or
combat soldiers. As health news aggregators
continue publishing articles on burnout and
why it continues to plague physicians, a
common strain runs through every case of
burnout: maintaining a strong work-life
balance. With their long days, unpredictable
schedules and the constituent emotional
demands which can accompany health care,
physicians often find themselves waist deep
in the throes of burnout long before they’ve
even noticed any of the warning signs.
Luckily, there are numerous remedies to
assuage the detriments of physician burnout,
and each individual must choose one specific
to them. Many find that elusive peace and
balance in taking time off for scheduled trips
and vacations with their families, to rediscover
old hobbies that help define them as
individuals, and promote a strong sense of
self to give their all at work, and effectively
separate at the end of the day. But while a
strong self-care regimen of extra-curricular
Parody Twitter Accounts
Seriously though, why not use parody
Twitter accounts to combat physician burnout?
Just hear me out. For those (still) new to the
Twittersphere, or for those who think Twitter is
beneath them, parody Twitter accounts are one
of the social platforms greatest contributions to
contemporary society. Well, besides being an
excellent way to distribute content, and keep
up with whatever public relations mess Hulk
Hogan is getting himself into.
Parody accounts are, just as their names
suggest, Twitter accounts which parody a
person, institution or idea as a pretend Twitter
account. If parody news sites like The Onion are
any indication, it’s that in today’s culture of fast
information transfer and vapid sarcasm, “phony”
is still very much “funny” in terms of comedy
currency. Some parody accounts poke…
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