Burnout and Career Satisfaction Among American Surgeons

By Tait D. Shanafelt, C. Balch, G. Béchamps, T. Russell, Lotte N. Dyrbye, Daniel V. Satele, P. Collicott, P. Novotny, J. Sloan, J. Freischlag. Annals of Surgery, 2009

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Subfields: Gender Studies, General Health Professions, Surgery

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Burnout and Medical Errors Among American Surgeons (2010, methodology): “RESULTS A detailed description of the survey and analysis of the rates of burnout, QOL, and symptoms of depression among surgeons responding to the 2008 ACS survey has been previously reported.(28) Of the 24,922 ACS members surveyed, 7905 (32%) returned surveys.”
Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014. (2015, background): “professional burnout and dissatisfaction with work-life integration.(1,7) Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, loss of meaning in work, feelings of ineffectiveness, and a tendency to view people as objects rather than as human beings.”
Burnout and satisfaction with work-life balance among US physicians relative to the general US population. (2012, background): “Collectively, the findings of this national study indicate that (1) the prevalence of burnout among US physicians is at an alarming level, (2) physicians in specialties at the front line of care access (emergency medicine, general internal medicine, and family medicine) are at greatest risk, (3) phy”
Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2017. (2019, neutral): “Median (IQR) 50 (40-60) d 50 (40-60) 50 (40-60) <40 961 (18.”
Special report: suicidal ideation among American surgeons. (2011, background): “A detailed description of the survey has been published.(11) The survey included 61 questions about a wide range of variables, including demographic information, practice characteristics, self-perceived medical errors, and career satisfaction.”
Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: A Call to Explore and Address This Underrecognized Threat to Safe, High-Quality Care (2017, background): “, management culture; lack of physician-nurse collaboration, value congruence, opportunities for advancement, and social support), and deterioration in control, autonomy, and meaning at work have been associated with burnout among physicians and nurses [1,10,11,27,30,31,45,5465].”
Single Item Measures of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization Are Useful for Assessing Burnout in Medical Professionals (2009, background): “7%) responding.(18) The Mayo Clinic institutional review board approved each of these studies.”
Intervention to promote physician well-being, job satisfaction, and professionalism: a randomized clinical trial. (2014, background): “Changes From Baseline for Randomized Arms of the Trial Variable Group During Intervention Postintervention Follow-up 3 mo 6 mo 9 mo P Value (End of Intervention) 3 mo P Value (3 mo) 12 mo P Value (12 mo) Engagement at worka Intervention 3.6 3.8 2.6 .33 5.3 .04 5.5 .03 Control 0.3 1.8 0.8 −0.5 1.3 Hi”