Sept. 15, 2026Tuesday Practical guidance Balance before burnout: Empathy, boundaries and the role of medical education Unchecked empathy in medicine can lead to compassion fatigue. Here’s how medical educators can help students learn to practice empathy while safeguarding their mental health. Burnout By Shannon Ramsey Jimenez, DO
Sept. 14, 2026Monday doctor suicidemental health National Physician Suicide Awareness Day When healers hurt: How to support a colleague in need To protect healthcare professionals in need, we can work together to recognize physician distress, break the stigma around mental illness and provide proactive support. Burnout By Jeanne Sandella, DO
Nov. 4, 2025Tuesday mental health Healing out loud DO’s bipolar diagnosis leads him to a career in psychiatry After publicly sharing his bipolar diagnosis as a premed, Logan Noone, DO, transformed his lived experience with mental illness into a driving force for empathy and advocacy in psychiatry. Burnout By Vania Manipod, DO
Sept. 10, 2025Wednesday mental healthsuicide Mental health National Physician Suicide Awareness Day: Turning awareness into action More organizations are recognizing the need for longitudinal mental health resources for clinicians and health care systems. Burnout By Sneha Karthikeyan, OMS III
Aug. 30, 2024Friday mental healthsuicide Mental health Holding hope: Honoring National Physician Suicide Awareness Day Sept. 17 is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, an annual observance that promotes mental health advocacy, resource accessibility and collective efforts to support the wellbeing of physicians. Burnout By Sydney LeFay, DO
Jan. 31, 2024Wednesday Dream on Chasing your dreams: Focusing on the journey rather than the end goal Sometimes, our dreams can feel impossible to achieve. Stephanie Lee, OMS IV, shares why she believes the journey is more important than the destination. Burnout By Stephanie Lee, DO, MS
Oct. 2, 2023Monday mental health A welcome change Physicians and mental health: Making medical license applications less punitive to doctors who seek help The licensing process has become more compassionate in many states, but there is more work to be done in this area. Here’s how you can help. Burnout By Vania Manipod, DO
Sept. 1, 2023Friday Mental health We are not immune: Recognizing National Physician Suicide Awareness Day Physicians may perceive themselves as alone with their struggles, not knowing that they are relatively common in the profession. Burnout By Sydney LeFay, DO
Nov. 1, 2022Tuesday burnoutphysician burnout Fighting burnout Highlights from the U.S. Surgeon General’s warning on health worker burnout U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, addressed health worker burnout and provided solutions in his advisory on building a thriving health workforce. Burnout By Jane Dalisay, DO
Sept. 1, 2022Thursday burnoutdepression Mental health Raising awareness of depressed physicians in honor of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month I didn’t fully understand the severity of depression and suicidal ideation among my fellow peers until I realized that I was depressed myself. Burnout By Vania Manipod, DO