Valerie Brooke, MDDec 19, 20212 minProfessional AccomplishmentIn addition to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, not having a sense of personal accomplishment is the third symptom of burnout....
Valerie Brooke, MDDec 12, 20213 minResilienceWhat type of person comes to mind when you think of the characteristic of resilience, the ability to continuously bounce back from...
Valerie Brooke, MDDec 5, 20213 minDepersonalizationThe meaning of depersonalization has always alluded me. How can one not feel like a person? I finally understood it when I experienced...
Valerie Brooke, MDNov 28, 20212 minCompassion FatigueWhen I realized last year I was feeling burned out in my job as a physician, I dove into learning as much as I could about the symptoms...
Valerie Brooke, MDNov 21, 20213 minPermission To FeelI recently had an interaction with a patient that had suffered a stroke and it got me thinking about emotions. I was asking this patient...