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“In my opinion, burnout has nothing to do with weakness or laziness or incompetence,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.

Dr. Pruthi discusses moral injury and how it applies to physicians

“Suicide is a disproportionate cause of mortality in physicians,” Pruthi says.

Dr. Raj S. Pruthi discusses the short- and long-term consequences of burnout 

In terms of physician burnout, “The pandemic has only made a bad situation worse,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected burnout among clinicians?

Loeb and Stork offer pointers for beginners and current users alike.

Dr. Stacy Loeb and Dr. Brian Stork discuss social media for physicians

“I think one of the issues that we face as physicians…is during training, long hours and a lack of control over our schedule indoctrinates surgeons with habits that may be counterproductive to achieving life balance after entering practice,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA FACS.

What factors drive burnout among health care providers?

“This paper shows that our efforts to reduce… opioid exposure in the postoperative setting is reducing new persistent opioid use,” says Matthew S. Lee, MD.

Opioid-free ureteroscopy initiatives appear to be reducing new-persistent opioid use

“This test requires just one millimeter of cancer on a biopsy on five consecutive slides,” says Eric A. Klein, MD.

Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score predicts for long-term clinical outcomes

“We found that a remarkable percentage of patients were getting narcotics refills from non urologists,” said Jay Simhan, MD, FACS.

How are patients undergoing urologic surgery getting narcotics refills?

“As we suspected, the more work interfered with their freedom to use the restroom, the fewer times they urinated during the work day,” says W. Stuart Reynolds, MD, MPH, FACS.

Text-based survey tool evaluates work-related interference with restroom use

“For now, the UMPIRE [study] protocol will continue to withhold prophylaxis in the newborn population,” says investigator M. Chad Wallis, MD, FACS.

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