Burnout

My inner light dims
Entering this place of suffering, pain, loss
I am so low.
How to face this?
Put one foot in front of the other?
Reach out?
Blame the system?
Keep going?
Choose a new journey?
Help me
Find my light
Let me
Bring joy, healing, connection, comfort
Again
Shining
Like the Sun

Alan Davis, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Alan is a hospital-based PM&R physician with a passion for wellness, resilience, and spiritual healing practices. Finding work-life balance has been a challenge only worsened by a shift in work focus and the COVID pandemic. Medicine invites us to push through, rally on, cowboy up and just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Our oath has provided fertile soil for the corporate model to thrive in the hospital, and we are paying the price.

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