Why physicians cannot take sabbaticals, even at institutions where the policy exists on paper. A palliative care physician asked for three months off and was told to come back in 10 years.

Christie Mulholland, palliative care physician and certified physician development coach, walks through her own request, the denial, and the four-step framework she used to design her own sabbatical anyway. Topics include physician burnout, sabbatical financial planning, reentry negotiation, and the limiting beliefs that keep clinicians stuck.

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