So I'll be a little bit of a counterpoint. I am in my sixth year now of being a Hospitalist so I can talk from the other side rather than what you've seen as a

So I'll be a little bit of a counterpoint. I am in my sixth year now of being a Hospitalist so I can talk from the other side rather than what you've seen as a medical student. I've got my kids crawling on me so I'm not going to type nearly as much but basically, I think the general sentiment you lay out is true but it's not as bad as it seems. Sure, I get annoyed by administrators asking me to reconsider how I coded something, but that doesn't happen daily nor have I ever worked somewhere where people are scolded or shamed. I think the biggest frustration with my job is that a lot of things are out of my control because medicine/healthcare is a very complicated beast, and when things go wrong, I am the frontline at the bedside. I think the concept of burnout in medicine is not something unique to medicine. Everyone I know, whether they are family members or friends in computer science, architecture, law (big time), or even being a stay at home parent exhibits burnout to the same degree I see in my colleagues. I think doctors are just more likely to talk about it and publish it because (cynic in me), it's a way to write papers and pad the resume, career advancement.