Key points

COVID-19 exposed the unsustainable culture of self-sacrifice in medicine.

Medical training often teaches doctors to override hunger, rest, and self-care, and to normalize exhaustion.

True sustainability is about aligning your career and life with your values, needs, and season of life.

When doctors model rest and boundaries, they redefine excellence of care and create a sustainable culture.

Me on a zoom call in my office as a new Inpatient Director during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Myself

Here’s a photo of me taken during what should’ve been a career high. I had just started my dream job: core faculty at a family medicine residency program, shaping the next generation of doctors and sharing the elusive art of how to practice medicine.

Instead, 7 months into my new

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