Burnout Is A Huge Problem In Allied Health. Here’s What Needs To Change

“I could’ve written this article a decade ago and it still would have been relevant today. That in itself is a problem. We’ve known about the issue of healthcare burnout and allied health burnout for a long time, and yet little has changed. 

Thirty years ago when I started my career as an occupational therapist, I was excited to work. But ten years into my career, I was exhausted and burnt out, just like everyone else around me. I was struggling to spend quality time with my family and friends and no matter how many extra hours I put in, I could only do so much within the system. Paperwork over patient outcomes, cost-cutting over care, the writing was on the wall and I didn’t like what it said. “

 

Read the full article, authored by ActivOT Founder, Helen Whait, on AHP Workforce.