General lifestyle
Medscape 2017 Surgeon Report Reviewed: Do Asian Surgeons Truly Carry Worse General Lifestyle Burnout?
Asian surgeons experience markedly higher burnout than their peers, with 34% reporting burnout in 2017 - three times the overall surgeon average. The figure comes from Medscape's 2017 Surgeon Report and points to a deeper mismatch between work demands and personal wellbeing. Last autumn, I met Dr Aisha