"Physician, heal thyself," goes the ancient proverb. But how so?

A new study conducted at the University of Colorado's School of Medicine in Aurora and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, sought to take a stab at reducing physician burnout by having them monitor their own well-being with smartwatches as well as their own physiological data, such as step count, heart rate and sleep cycle.

According to a 2022 study, around 63 percent of physicians — could be your family doctor, cardiologist or oncologist — have experienced burnout, an adverse phenomenon resulting from chronic, high levels of occupational stress. As smartwatches, rings and other forms of self-monitoring increase in popularity, some Colorado researchers looked into the new tech as way to help heal the healers.

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