Isn’t it great that the AMA is here to help? They say this every year and nothing changes. These bloviating bureaucrats sit around and drink coffee while Rome burns.
I figured out their recipe:
Keep it simple. Doctors are stupid.
Be part of the problem that creates the problem.
Feign ignorance.
Make empty promises to fix the problem.
Beg for dues.
Repeat.
Do not listen to them. Laugh at them. Shame then. And then do Direct Care.
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3 thoughts on “AMA Is Reducing Burnout? Yeah, Right.”
I have always hated the phrase “physician burnout”. It makes it seem that the physician can’t handle the workload. Replace the term with what it truly is, physician abuse.
Never did join the AMA and for years, I think Doug can confirm this as we’re close to the same age, we both got junk mail from the AMA to implore us to join. The AMA had it’s day over 100 years ago as it did its’ best to eliminate quacks from medicine which was a service to humanity. Went downhill after that. Am retired and let all my certifications lapse as it costs too much to maintain them. Even to be listed as “retired” costs money so “efff” them. I’m a civilian now but my old patients still address me as “doctor” if they run into me at Wal-Mart.
I have always hated the phrase “physician burnout”. It makes it seem that the physician can’t handle the workload. Replace the term with what it truly is, physician abuse.
100%
Never did join the AMA and for years, I think Doug can confirm this as we’re close to the same age, we both got junk mail from the AMA to implore us to join. The AMA had it’s day over 100 years ago as it did its’ best to eliminate quacks from medicine which was a service to humanity. Went downhill after that. Am retired and let all my certifications lapse as it costs too much to maintain them. Even to be listed as “retired” costs money so “efff” them. I’m a civilian now but my old patients still address me as “doctor” if they run into me at Wal-Mart.