Blog - Physicians Anonymous

Medical bullying: A silent epidemic?

Bullying in medicine is a pervasive issue that has far-reaching consequences for healthcare trainees and professionals and, ultimately, patient care.

Dr Corrigan 2026-04-14

Sleep deprivation in medicine: A wake-up call in 2026

Before you started studying / working in medicine, how many hours of sleep did you get a night (on average)? What happened to your sleep during med school, residency, and beyond? Sleep, and the lack thereof, is so tied up in our working hours and such a tradition in medicine, that we almost take the lack of it for granted.

Dr Corrigan 2026-03-24

When doctors lose control, patients lose first

When Doctors Lose Control, Patients Pay the Price

When doctors lose control over how they practice medicine, patients feel it first. From delayed care to rising dissatisfaction, new research confirms what many physicians already know: autonomy isn’t a luxury—it’s a lifeline.

Dr Corrigan 2026-03-09

Being a Good Parent As a Doctor

Explore how the trials of parenting can make you a better physician. A child psychiatrist shares personal lessons on ADHD, work-life balance, and why ‘being present’ is the ultimate medical and parental tool.

Chad Lennon, MD 2026-03-02

Being a Good Doctor As a Parent

The challenges of physician fatherhood and burnout. Discover how a Black doctor managed the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism while learning that being a good doctor means not struggling alone.

Chad Lennon, MD 2026-02-23

Why physician burnout still matters 2026

Why physician burnout still matters in 2026 — and what’s actually changing

Dr. Corrigan reflects on why physician burnout remains a critical issue in 2026. Drawing on research and lived experience, he explores what’s changing, what isn’t, and why connection still matters.

Dr Corrigan 2026-02-16

Physician burnout and COVID-19

Dr Corrigan 2022-03-08

In this article, we illustrate how physician burnout has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, against a background of already high levels of physician distress.

This article discusses physician resilience programs that may enhance self-care and our ability to cope with the stresses of modern medicine.

Physician resilience programs designed by doctors

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-08

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we present a number of physician resilience programs designed by doctors

interventions for physician resilience -Coping skills can be learned for the inherent stresses of medicine, we will be better able to serve our patients. Evidence-based resources:

Interventions for physician resilience: The evidence base

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-01

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we summarize the evidence base of interventions for physician resilience

In this article, we present resources for enhancing physician resilience for the burned-out physician or medical leader.

Resources for physician resilience

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-18

If there’s one good thing about a pandemic, it’s increased public awareness of their healthcare workers as human beings under stress. In this article, we have pulled together a number of resources for physician resilience developed by professional organizations for the interested physician reader and physician leader.

Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading: 42% of us are burned out.

Physician burnout report 2021: “Death by 1,000 cuts”

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-01

Let’s talk about physician wellbeing in the COVID era. Burnout and depression are still serious problems among physicians, especially amid COVID-19. The 2021 Medscape National Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading. More than 12,000 doctors across 29 specialties responded to the anonymous survey which ran from August to December 2020.