Why I turned down the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment
The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program can be a great opportunity to pay back your student loans. I was very excited to apply for the program…
PABP INVESTIGATION: Wood-Fired Morale Boosting in Healthcare
Most of you probably associate us at The PA Blueprint with our ground-breaking work on career optimization for PAs and other medical professionals. While that remains our primary…
REAL TALK with KAREN CALCANO, PA-C
WELCOME KAREN! In growing The PA Blueprint, one of our favorite aspects of this business journey is to connect, learn from, and follow other PA-preneurs. We’ve learned a…
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE BURNED OUT?
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE BURNED OUT? Self-awareness is the best way to know if you are burned out, but you can also be deceived by…
WHAT CAUSES BURNOUT?
WHAT CAUSES BURNOUT? Often overlooked, the mental conditioning from our “mini-medical school” training as PAs acts as a primer for future burnout. Especially during our clinical rotations, we…
WHAT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF BURNOUT?
WHAT FACTORS INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF BURNOUT? According to this article by Essary, et. al: “…small studies suggest that rates of burnout among PAs may be similar to rates among physicians,…
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF BURNOUT?
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF BURNOUT? Knowing the concept and definition of burnout is one thing, but it is more important to understand and recognize the common symptoms. …
WHAT IS BURNOUT?
What is burnout? According to Christina Maslach, psychology professor and creator of the gold standard for burnout assessments (Maslach Burnout Inventory, or MBI): “Burnout is a psychological syndrome…
3 BURNOUT STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT TODAY
Perhaps with a few months of practicing medicine in this “pandemic-era” under your belt, you are feeling like you are taking on water and sinking fast, aka BURNOUT? Or,…