Survey Reveals How Today's Doctors Prevent Physician Burnout--LocumTenens.com Says Few Physicians Report Having 'No Free Time'

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Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB), March 28, 2008 -- What does your doctor do to avoid physician burnout? She probably isn't a couch potato, if recent physician survey results from recruiting firm LocumTenens.com are an indication. (To learn more about LocumTenens.com, please visit http://www.locumtenens.com/free_time.)

After working sometimes long hours and trying to see more patients in less time, many doctors today report releasing stress through a long list of more leisurely pursuits. Participating in sports, traveling and enjoying the outdoors top the list of ways physician survey respondents use their free time to prevent physician burnout.

In addition, a number of doctors mentioned volunteer or humanitarian commitments among their off-time activities that counteract physician burnout. For example:

* "I like to hunt and fish," a Texas surgeon said. "I go on a medical mission trip to Guatemala once a year."

* "Cycling," a female radiologist from Kansas City, Mo., said. "I am going to do a 5,400 mile trip to raise money for poverty."

* "Once a year I take a busman's holiday as a team member of medical mission, when I have the greatest satisfaction in seeing the happy grateful smiles of the patients and parents at the end of the trip and get to see a new country and interact with the local people," said an Connecticut anesthesiologist.

"A decade or so ago a much higher percentage of physicians would have reported having little to no free time," LocumTenens.com Senior Vice President Pamela McKemie said. She noted that only about one percent of physician survey respondents gave that answer. "More than previous generations, today's doctor wants a balanced lifestyle--free from physician burnout (http://www.locumtenens.com)."

Conducted in the last month, the physician survey garnered roughly 1,200 responses from doctors, the majority of whom do not provide locum tenens services currently (60 percent).

Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service physician/CRNA recruiting firm specializing in anesthesiology jobs, cardiology jobs, psychiatry jobs, radiology jobs, surgery jobs and CRNA jobs with U.S. hospitals, medical groups and community health centers. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies. To learn more, visit http://www.locumtenens.com/welcome.

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