Great article about physician burnout. There's no reason to put up with the overwhelming paperwork, weekends and late nights. It's not worth it. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/physician-burnout-can-affect-your-health-2018062214093 Twenty Two years doing general surgery was more than enough for me. I had too many nights when I missed dinner with my kids. There were too many weekends at the hospital, instead of brunch with my family, or even a simple bicycle ride. Working hard is defi...

Great article about work/life balance for doctors from Harvard: Work-life balance for physicians: The what, the why, and the how There's no need to work late nights and weekends any longer. There are other great options. We are trained to give our all to medicine. I still recall doing surgery rotations where I was on call every other night, and on the "off" nights I didn't get home until after 10:00 PM. The training and environment probably made us better physicians, but I suspect it made us m...