This coaching case study explores how burnout can lead doctors to question not only their work, but their entire career. Through seven months of coaching with Dr. Hoffie Conradie, a junior South African intern doctor moved from emotional exhaustion and wanting to leave medicine to reconnecting with her values, rebuilding resilience, and rediscovering meaning in her profession. A reflection on burnout, career identity, wellbeing, and sustainable medical practice.

An edited Q&A between Professor Hoffie Conradie and Professor Steve Reid — both family physicians shaped by decades of work in rural South Africa — on the topic of continuity of care.