{"id":191,"date":"2016-04-28T09:06:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T09:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2016-04-28T09:06:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T09:06:27","slug":"burnout-in-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/28\/burnout-in-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnout in Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greater Good Science Center\u00a0has recently published this article<\/a>\u00a0on risk factors for Burnout. What struck me most about the article\u00a0is that in three out of the four risk factors, author Tchiki Davis mentions her experiences in graduate school. Does the culture at your institute perpetuate these risks? Does your own personality? If so, how do you prevent burnout in fields that promote or self-select for these types of behavior and personalities?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Greater Good Science Center\u00a0has recently published this article\u00a0on risk factors for Burnout. What struck me most about the article\u00a0is that in three out of the four risk factors, author Tchiki Davis mentions her experiences in graduate school. Does the culture at your institute perpetuate these risks? Does your own personality? If so, how do … Continue reading Burnout in Academia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,8,18,21],"coauthors":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7z5Ki-35","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":589,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/why-do-so-many-graduate-students-quit\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":0},"title":"Why Do So Many Graduate Students Quit?","date":"July 12, 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Two different people have recently pointed out this article on the Atlantic to us,\u00a0adding to our growing list of articles addressing\u00a0problems in the environments graduate students and academics need to survive in.\u00a0Burnout, mental health issues, and toxic relationships are but a few of these problems: \"Many students are convinced the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Interesting Articles"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":453,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/01\/mental-health-in-academic-research-a-systematic-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":1},"title":"Mental Health in Academic Research – A Systematic Problem","date":"June 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In recent years, a crisis has been building in academia,\" says this post on Polygeia. University counseling services report increasing demand\u00a0due to rising\u00a0\u00a0numbers of students with serious and complex mental health problems. From what we've either seen or heard from colleagues,\u00a0mental health problems are very common in academia, but it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":850,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/19\/choosing-the-right-mentor-for-career-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":2},"title":"Choosing the Right Mentor for Career Success","date":"November 19, 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"An excellent article has just been published on the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) blog, by Pinar Gurel and Adriana Bankston, summarizing recent efforts by the Future of Research and collaborating organizations on mentoring. 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