Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Burnout and Program Director Turnover: Results of a National Survey

Burnout, a work-related syndrome involving high levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and sense of reduced personal accomplishment,1 is common among physicians and learners; across a range of different studies, roughly one-half of all physicians meet criteria for burnout.2,3 Burnout has been associated with a number of different negative outcomes, including physician turnover and diminished patient care quality, professionalism, physician health, work effort, and health care system measures.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - October 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alec B. O'Connor, Andrew J. Halvorsen, John M. Cmar, Kathleen M. Finn, Kathlyn E. Fletcher, Lisa Kearns, Furman S. McDonald, Sara L. Swenson, Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, Colin P. West, Lisa L. Willett Tags: AAIM Perspectives Source Type: research