I am not a “touchy-feely” type. I don’t want to stand in a circle. I do not want to hug strangers. I do not chant for anyone. Whenever I have encountered situations of this “touchy-feely” ilk, I repeat two critical words to myself:  RUN SCREAMING.I like evidence-based information. Give me the facts, figures, logic and I am good to go. Once provided with credible research, I am in.

This is why the Osler Symposia approach to preventing doctor burnout is so effective. Every speaker that addressed myriad ways to prevent doctor burnout had the research to prove how and why it all works. 

                        And not one of them wore spandex.