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Post x2 burnout and IDT development
Author: jmohs
Date: Jun 29, 2007 3:35 pm

re: burnout, I have more questions than answers. I've noticed that appreciation is one of the key ingredients in preventing burnout and it can be surprisingly difficult to maintain. I think we have such high expectations of ourselves. Sometimes we take "the amazing" for granted. I notice that when I actively engage and appreciate a characteristic or accomplishment of someone else I feel better about myself and my own accomplishments and vice-versa.

re: IDT development; has anyone used serial interviews of team members (in a qualitative research style) to map the development of an IDT?

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Re:x2 burnout and IDT development (by Weissman on 08/16/2007)
Hi--sorry it took so long to respond; been doing self-care on vacation. Your point about appreciating others was just raised by someone on my team this week--on the one hand, I agree that we never can say it enough, especially for the ordinary. On the other hand, I find many practitioners who have difficulty acknowledging to themselves the good work they do--that self acknowledgement is really more important I think. Re: a resource for team research, here is a very academic book: Teamwork in Palliative Care; Peter Speck (ed) Oxford Press, 2006; tons of data about all sorts of team issues.
+ Re:x2 burnout and IDT development (by Palgal1 on 06/01/2008)
It's surprising there have not been more postings regards burnout. I suspect we under-recognize this phenomenon. Perhaps others see this as a sign of weakness, but it occurs far more often than we acknowledge. Have heard some mention of this in recent palliative care conferences, but feel that if we could only "surface" this, there would be more literature/options out there. Could it be that if we speak more of this we will discover its true prevalence?

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