Physician Burnout: Solutions for Individuals and Organizations
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Summary: Burnout in medicine has become a national epidemic, affecting greater than one third of physicians, and yet physicians, departments, and institutions remain ill equipped to address it. Burnout is a syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of accomplishment that occurs as a response to one’s environment. We have a moral and ethical imperative to address physician burnout, as it has immense implications within healthcare. Solutions have historically focused on changing the behavior of the individual, but research has demonstrated that long-lasting change is brought about by intervening at the organizational level, which requires that leadership champion these efforts. Departmental and hospital leadership play a critical role in addressing the drivers of burnout. Here, we outline evidence-based strategies to combat physician burnout at both the individual and organizational levels and review what has been explored within the field of plastic surgery.
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Increased organizational efforts to support participation in a psychological skill development app may have an important impact on normalizing and prioritizing commitment to personal well-being during early medical career stages.
“increased organizational efforts to support participation in a psychological skill development app may have an important impact on normalizing and prioritizing commitment to personal well-being during the early and formative stages of a medical career [26,108].”
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The Problem section describes skill-building interventions for trainees and calls for greater attention to organization-directed approaches. Enacting Change says a wellness curriculum may help promote a culture of wellness in residency programs. Neither section addresses participation in a psychological skill-development app or its proposed impact on normalizing and prioritizing personal well-being. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Carrau, D., & Janis, J. E.
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- The Ohio State University (US)
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- Janis, Jeffrey E.
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- 2021-02
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- physician burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced personal accomplishment, organizational interventions, leadership, individual interventions, burnout prevention, plastic surgery
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