What happens when leaders burnout? Nine ways to counter leadership burnout
Vineet Arora MD
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBarbara Overholser MA
Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Nancy D. Spector MD
Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Correspondence Nancy D. Spector, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 W. Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @NancyDSpector
Search for more papers by this authorVineet Arora MD
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBarbara Overholser MA
Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Nancy D. Spector MD
Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Correspondence Nancy D. Spector, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 W. Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @NancyDSpector
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Dr. Spector is a cofounder and holds equity in the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute and is the Executive Director of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine. Dr. Arora and Ms. Overholser have nothing to disclose.
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