I experienced a major burnout in 2022. Decided to take a break from clinical work. - [[Article Your work is not your god - welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic]] - [[Book - The End of Burnout by Johnathan Malesic]] I took a vacation, not worked for a month now. It reminded me i was not "feeling crappy and tired", I was feeling crappy BECAUSE I was tired. The importance of self-care and enough physical rest. --- Notes from reading - [[Prevalence of burnout among healthcare professionals in Singapore]] - Burnout was first described in 1974 by Herbert Fredenberger. - Studies on burnout found significant association between burnout of healthcare professionals and patient safety; and poor well-being was linked to poorer patient safety - Think about #therapeutic-relationship - if therapist is burnout, it affect patient too. - Tool to measure burnout - MBI-HSS, a validated tool for measuring burnout.