tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389859942362181544.post3918389129740590590..comments2023-12-07T12:16:19.091-05:00Comments on Future of Family Medicine: Life as a Family Medicine Intern and Social Media BurnoutSebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478213202416223770noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389859942362181544.post-54413927991692229832012-01-19T22:14:04.827-05:002012-01-19T22:14:04.827-05:00The trick to survival is triage, in life as well a...The trick to survival is triage, in life as well as medicine. There is only one you, but many places where you can devote your energies (and more than a few that will demand them). Recognizing where your voice might move a discussion or a message that needs to be disseminated even greater than it already has been are ways to reduce the associated stress without sacrificing involvement. Listening to the discussion and remaining engaged doesn't have to be a volume business. Regardless of what the equations say, your true clout comes from the power of your ideas not how often people hear your words.Russell Kohlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389859942362181544.post-39173567865432315652012-01-19T21:17:47.952-05:002012-01-19T21:17:47.952-05:00As someone who does not actually know you in the r...As someone who does not actually know you in the real world and has not spoken to you much recently at all because of the reasons talked about in the post, I am at risk of overreaching in making this comment, so by all means, take my comment with a grain of salt.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I did want to say that what you write about - the long ICU hours, night float, intern year - sound a heck of a lot like not social media burnout (because you haven't actually been spending that much time on social media in the past couple months because of these activities, and understandably so!) but just plain old burnout. Maybe I'm just an ignorant medical student, but the fact that you're an intern makes being too tired to blog seem perfectly reasonable to me. I realize that burnout isn't part of your vocabulary but sometimes just being tired and vegging out at the end of the day is okay, especially when you are doing work as challenging as medicine.<br /><br />So while I value and have greatly missed your contribution to the social media sphere, I would say that it might be more sustainable to consider only coming back in a way that will feel empowering and energizing to you, even when you are at your most tired. At least, that is what I come back to, when I am feeling burnt out from second year, and am not sure how to fit social media into all of that.<br /><br />Best of luck!Emily Luhttp://www.medicineforchange.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389859942362181544.post-17183441254872941162012-01-19T20:46:30.682-05:002012-01-19T20:46:30.682-05:00Kevin,
Your story is not uncommon. Residency is ch...Kevin,<br />Your story is not uncommon. Residency is challenging. There are times when you have the mental focus/ capacity for only a few things. Focus on your family and work/ education. Spend some time on social media when you have the time and it's enjoyable. It usually gets easier 2nd, 3rd year. Hang in there.Davehttp://twitter.com/walker_mdnoreply@blogger.com