--- title: Why Physicians are Losing Meaning in Their Work description: Extra responsibilities of physicians outside of patient care are taking away from the reason they went into the medical profession in the first place. image: https://www.joymetrics.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work.jpg --- ![Waves](https://www.joymetrics.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/SE%20Healthcare%202024%20-%20Growth%20Child/images/blog-header-ghosted.svg) ![Waves](https://www.joymetrics.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/SE%20Healthcare%202024%20-%20Growth%20Child/images/blog-header-joy.svg) ![why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work](https://www.joymetrics.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work.jpg?width=850&height=350&name=why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work.jpg) # Why Physicians are Losing Meaning in Their Work Published On: **November 19, 2019** Share This Post [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.joymetrics.com/blog/2019/11/19/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work) [Share this page on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.joymetrics.com/blog/2019/11/19/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work) [twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.joymetrics.com/blog/2019/11/19/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://www.joymetrics.com/blog/2019/11/19/why-physicians-are-losing-meaning-in-their-work) We recently sat down with a group of prominent healthcare professionals to film a [series of videos about the impact of physician burnout](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcE1V4co1oBYmhL4nIrHFkOEVUXL41CN3) on the industry. In this video, [Darcy Hammer, MD](https://www.sehealthcaresolutions.com/darcie-m-hammer-m-d/) talks about the additional stress that physician burnout adds in a physician's life both personally and professionally. She explains how the extra responsibilities physicians are now being asked to do are taking away from the reason they went into the medical profession in the first place. Click below to play the video below to hear Dr. Hammer's advice for healthcare leaders. 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