Smart Medicine

A Check-Up for the Doc: Strategies to Reduce Physician Burnout


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How are our doctors doing? A simple question, but one necessary to ask. Burnout among physicians is more than a trending topic; it's a real issue with consequences inside hospitals, clinics, and private practices. But if we know it’s happening, what are we doing about it? In this episode, Dr. Dike Drummond, better known as The Happy MD, joins Dr. Scott Sigman to unpack the state of physician burnout and what it’s going to take to fix it. A former family physician who walked away from clinical practice after reaching his breaking point, Drummond now coaches doctors and works with healthcare leaders to create real strategies that help acknowledge and address physician burnout. Together, they explore how physicians can build simple daily strategies to protect their energy, why burnout is a systemic issue rather than a personal one, and how leadership can either fuel the problem or be the starting point for change. From boundary rituals and schedule hacks to digital scribes and stronger support teams, the conversation covers the tools that matter and the mindset shifts that make a difference. Physician burnout doesn’t get solved overnight, but this episode offers a real path forward. Because healing the healers is possible. And it starts by paying attention.



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