Recent reports on physician burnout have prompted concerns about increased risk of physician suicide and depression, medical errors, and negative physician-patient interactions. The medical profession seems to be rushing to find solutions to the problem, but the problem may not be well-defined. Today’s guest, Thomas Schwenk, MD, dean of the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, says that without a better understanding of physician burnout and its causes, efforts to improve the current system are likely to fall short.