I might be a bit exaggerating, but the never ending debate about healthcare workers workload and burnout comes to mind whenever I’m negotiating, find appropriate or schedule “working hours” for my practice. Ever since starting medical practice, my priority in choosing when, where and how I deliver care to patients, is the quality (not just quantity) of time I spent with patients. This may seem impossible in healthcare, in trauma orthopedics for example, where patient load demands are 24/7, 365 days a year. But I say, after 20+ years in practice, healthcare workers do have the power or influence over what work time fits their individual context.
This might not be true for every healthcare professionals out there, since personal considerations and working environments is probably different than what I have. Or that there are other unique factors affecting their decisions in choosing appropriate working time. Morever, factors also differ how healthworkers evaluate or assess if their schedules indeed work for or is slowly killing. This is the topic of the #HealthXPh chat this Saturday Nov 23, 2024 9PM Manila time. Guide questions for this chat are as follows:
T1. What are your personal considerations when choosing appropriate work schedules?
T2. What are your work environment considerations when choosing appropriate work schedules?
T3. In your year of practice as health worker, which among these considerations heavily influenced your work schedule?
Please append #Healthxph to all your replies/chat to this copnversation. See you all!
