Quality and Safety in Health Care, Part XLVI: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Burnout.

Abstract

Some of the approaches to prevent and recover from burnout focus on the individual, and others focus on organizational initiatives. A common recommendation for the individual with burnout is to practice meditation and mindfulness. Mindfulness may be defined as focused awareness without judgment regarding the current instance in time. The practice of mindfulness and the outcome of various mindfulness courses will be discussed in this article. Other approaches on the subject of burnout regarding individual efforts and organizational changes will be discussed in subsequent articles in this series.