Reducing burnout and enhancing work engagement among clinicians: The Minnesota experience

Background The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) recognized the impact that burnout and disengagement had on the clinician population. A clinician task force developed a conceptual framework, followed by annual surveys and a series of interventions. Features of the job demands–resources model were used as the conceptual underpinning to this analysis. Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of a clinician-driven conceptual model in understanding burnout and work engagement in the state of Minnesota. Methodology Four thousand nine hundred ninety clinicians from 94 MHA member hospitals/systems responded to a 2018 survey using a brief instrument adapted, in part, from previously validated measures. Results As hypothesized, job demands were strongly related to burnout, whereas resources were most related to work engagement. Variables from the MHA model explained 40% of variability in burnout and 24% of variability in work engagement. Variables related to burnout with the highest beta weights included having sufficient time for work (−0.266), values alignment with leaders (−0.176), and teamwork efficiency (−0.123), all ps
Source: Health Care Management Review - Category: American Health Tags: Features Source Type: research