How Data Helps Hygienists Avoid Burnout
Let's talk about the "B" word. You know, "burnout."
If "pandemic" was the word that best described 2020, perhaps "burnout" best describes everything since. Practice team members are feeling the impact of the pandemic in so many ways, with no end in sight.
Burnout is nothing new to our hygienist community. We've always been faced with how to handle the daily monotony of providing hygienic care and treatment to our patients. Trying to do so while also dealing with new safety and clinical requirements, patients with high anxiety, and staff shortages has only exacerbated the problem.
Staffing issues are especially hard right now. Thousands of experienced hygiene professionals have left or are leaving dentistry, and it's not clear there are going to be replacements for them anytime soon. As Dr. David Rice, chief editor of DentistryIQ, recently pointed out, "Like medicine, dentistry studies short, medium, and long-term effects of disease. To date, the most dangerous effect of COVID-19 on the dental profession is the effect it's had on dental teams. Uniting, listening, and addressing the fears that are keeping dental team members from returning to practice is our number one priority."...
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If "pandemic" was the word that best described 2020, perhaps "burnout" best describes everything since. Practice team members are feeling the impact of the pandemic in so many ways, with no end in sight.
Burnout is nothing new to our hygienist community. We've always been faced with how to handle the daily monotony of providing hygienic care and treatment to our patients. Trying to do so while also dealing with new safety and clinical requirements, patients with high anxiety, and staff shortages has only exacerbated the problem.
Staffing issues are especially hard right now. Thousands of experienced hygiene professionals have left or are leaving dentistry, and it's not clear there are going to be replacements for them anytime soon. As Dr. David Rice, chief editor of DentistryIQ, recently pointed out, "Like medicine, dentistry studies short, medium, and long-term effects of disease. To date, the most dangerous effect of COVID-19 on the dental profession is the effect it's had on dental teams. Uniting, listening, and addressing the fears that are keeping dental team members from returning to practice is our number one priority."...
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