Surgeon shares lessons on mental health, leadership learned from COVID-19 pandemic
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Reflecting on changes in his practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a speaker said his perspective of mental health is different now and he has developed an increased appreciation of leadership.
“My perspective certainly has changed on the importance of mental health on my team, in myself and the staff that I work with all the time. That became and continues to be emphasized,” Mark A. Frankle, MD, said at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care, here.
Frankle, who is immediate past president of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), said, because of the pandemic, the role of leadership, why leadership is important and what defines leadership took on new meaning.
“That really became clear,” he said, noting ASES is “now investing in developing leadership skills, because what we learned is good leaders in times of crisis make a huge difference. I think we, as a country, saw that and, in each of our environments, we saw that.”
Frankle also shared his insights into the root cause of physician burnout.
“You might think of burnout as being related to loss of control, but I would suggest that it might relate to the fact that if you have a leader who is leading and looks out for the people they are leading and makes sure he understands what the needs of those people are, it’s very likely [those people] will be much more effective,” he said.
A benefit of a good leader is a likely reduction in the incidence of burnout, “irrespective of compensation,” Frankle said.
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Frankle MA. Lessons learned from the pandemic: Orthopedic ASCs. Presented at: Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care; April 29-30, 2022; Newport Beach, Calif.
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