Doctors Get Tired Too;
As a doctor, you can never claim the 8-5pm regular work schedule. Even if you’re done with clinic hours, you go home people still call & message you. I know of this person whom I was asking for help about her work but she told me that office is done and she will address it tomorrow morning. How I wish we can tell that to the non emergent cases random people message us, every now and then. Countless.
In the office, you can tell them, I’m done with work. But in this profession, they expect you to address their concerns ASAP. Some will say, that’s totally up to you, learn to draw boundaries — work life balance. But in this profession, that’s such a thin line to distinguish. It’s a lifetime commitment and service to patients & other people, 24/7. You’re always on call.
And sadly, I think that’s where burn out comes in; where it sometimes gets tiring & draining. For the time you to give for yourself to rest and recuperate, you still give to others. This is a selfless job for others but a selfish one for your own self. But as physicians,— that’s our sworn hippocratic oath. We live by it.