Physician burnout is not your fault, and here's why blaming yourself keeps you stuck

What if the cure for physician burnout has been making it worse the whole time? Lisa Rubiano, an internal medicine physician and physician coach, spent over a decade as a hospitalist before burning out in 2021 and stepping back to figure out what really went wrong. This episode is based on her article "Why resilience is not the cure for physician burnout," published on KevinMD. You will hear why the resilience narrative quietly shifts blame onto individual physicians while letting toxic systems off the hook, how the Quadruple Aim turned clinician well-being into a vague self-care mandate, and what it actually takes to unlearn the belief that you should be able to push through anything. Lisa breaks down why setting boundaries feels so hard, why systems have no real incentive to change, and where physicians are quietly building their own way out. Listen for the moment that makes the self-blame stop.

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