Physician Burnout Reaching Critical Levels During COVID-19 with Lakshmana Swamy, MD, MBA
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the subject of physician burnout was likely not considered or completely understood by large swaths of the American public. Despite this, burnout has been an issue that has plagued physicians for decades prior to the pandemic, and the consequences of it are far-reaching.
In an interview for the latest installment of Crisis Point with Connor Iapoce, Dr. Lakshmana Swamy detailed the history and complications of burnout and how the mental, physical, and emotional complications associated with it worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Swamy described burnout as…
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