6. What all physicians need to know about technology and education

09/25/19 • 14 min

Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians

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What all physicians need to know about physician burnout

“How many more patients?How much time is left in my day?”

Sound familiar? Hopefully not too familiar – such thinking may indicate burnout.

In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer sits down with Dr. Treena Wilkie, Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Medical Affairs and Practice at CAMH to talk about burnout: what the signs are, and what can – and is – being done to help doctors avoid it.

In this episode the following was discussed:

What exactly is physician burnout?
How common burnout is now and why rates may be rising.
The effect physician burnout could have on the public health care system.
What doctors can do if they think they may be experiencing it.
And what organizations should do to try to ensure their physicians never burn out.

To hear a story of one physician’s experience with burnout, check out our bonus track Episode #5 Double Take

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6-Double Take with David Goldbloom

“It’s no accident that Alexa and Siri have names... so I suspect that technology will also morph to be more and more human-like.”

Dr. David Goldbloom, CAMH Senior Medical Advisor, and Dr. Gratzer have a light-hearted conversation in which Dr. Goldbloom predicts 5 things that may be in store for the future of medical education and they consider how technology challenges the norms and expectations of the role of clinicians.

Dr. Goldbloom bravely gives us his 5 predictions (safe in the knowledge he may not be around to account for them in the future!)
They discuss the research Dr. John Torous has done on patient use of mental health apps. (Check out our episode of Quick Takes featuring Dr. Torous)
As well as the difficulties in recommending apps to patients.
Dr. Goldbloom looks back at his work using televideo for psychiatry outreach.
Their discussion ends on a cautionary note regarding privacy protection when it comes to technology.

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