The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic uncovered weak points in health care systems globally. Whereas technical dimensions were the bottleneck at the beginning, the availability of resilient personnel turned out to be a key problem in most health care systems in the course of the pandemic. With tremendously increased technical opportunities for effective patient care over the past decades, personal self-development often fell by the wayside and more and more of us are burning out. Health care systems globally urgently need new approaches for professional education towards sustainable self-care and respective staff development in medical professions.
While specific settings might differ amongst different health care systems, the mechanisms of burnout are universal. Challenging external demands that lead to an experience of detachment from the job and a perceived lack of accomplishment finally lead to burnout.
The goal of this special issue is to shed light on recent developments in human ressource management practices and professional education about sustainable self-care amongst medical professions
We welcome original articles and review manuscripts addressing innovative approaches to increase personal self-care and self-development and in medical professions to prevent burnout and ensure sustainable health care systems globally.
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic uncovered weak points in health care systems globally. Whereas technical dimensions were the bottleneck at the beginning, the availability of resilient personnel turned out to be a key problem in most health care systems in the course of the pandemic. With tremendously increased technical opportunities for effective patient care over the past decades, personal self-development often fell by the wayside and more and more of us are burning out. Health care systems globally urgently need new approaches for professional education towards sustainable self-care and respective staff development in medical professions.
While specific settings might differ amongst different health care systems, the mechanisms of burnout are universal. Challenging external demands that lead to an experience of detachment from the job and a perceived lack of accomplishment finally lead to burnout.
The goal of this special issue is to shed light on recent developments in human ressource management practices and professional education about sustainable self-care amongst medical professions
We welcome original articles and review manuscripts addressing innovative approaches to increase personal self-care and self-development and in medical professions to prevent burnout and ensure sustainable health care systems globally.