2018 Diagnosis Medical Student Physicals 
Pamela Wible MD
JUNE 20, 2025
(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. So why are physicians experiencing physical and mental collapse from overwork?
GeriPal
MAY 12, 2022
Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. It’s easier to concentrate on cure, diagnosis, cure. What she called total pain, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual, and she started addressing it. Was it that thunderclap moment?
Pamela Wible MD
JUNE 19, 2025
It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Isn’t it weird that now we’re labeling the majority of doctors with burnout in 2018? They blame the medical student.
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