Med Life with Dr. Horton — Physician burnout with Dr. Tait Shanafelt, CWO

In this "Med Life with Dr. Horton" podcast, Dr. Jillian Horton chats with Dr. Tait Shanafelt about burnout and physician wellbeing. Dr. Horton and Dr. Shanafelt talk about: - link between physician wellbeing and quality of care - research on physician burnout - can an individual diagnose their own burnout - organizational-level intervention and prevention - loss of meaning in medicine - the role of Chief Wellness Officer at Stanford - and much more Dr. Tait Shanafelt is an oncologist and leading researcher on physician wellbeing and its impact on patient care. He is chief wellness officer of Stanford Medicine, associate dean for the Stanford school of Medicine and director of the Stanford WellMD center. Dr. Jillian Horton is a general internist and director of the Alan Klass health humanities program at the Max Rady college of medicine in Winnipeg, Manitoba. For more of her podcasts or for the Dear Dr. Horton column: //www.cmaj.ca/medlife Podcast transcript: //www.cmaj.ca/transcript-190852 --------- The opinions stated in this podcast are made in a personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect those of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.