This study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, sought to evaluate the ability of the seven-item Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI) to i) stratify...
Resource topic: Effects on Clinician Health and Well-Being
Utility of a Brief Screening Tool To Identify Physicians in Distress
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Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury
The following opinion piece, published in STAT News, addresses the threat moral injury poses to physicians' well-being. The authors, Simon Talbot and Wendy Dean,...
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The Toxicity of Self-Blame: Sex Differences in Burnout and Coping in Internal Medicine Trainees
Burnout is a significant problem facing internal medicine residents contributing to increased risk of depression and suicidal ideation. Coping mechanisms and...
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Sex differences in physician burnout in the United States and The Netherlands
This study aims to determine if there are sex differences in physician burnout in the Netherlands and, if not, to explore why they are present in the United States....
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Gendered Expectations: Do They Contribute to High Burnout Among Female Physicians?
The following article, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, addresses patients' differing expectations of female versus male physicians. Although...
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Burnout and career-choice regret among family practice physicians in early practice
In the following study, 50 family physicians in early practice completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a questionnaire on career-choice, demographics, and...
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Demands, values, and burnout: relevance for physicians
In a national mailed survey, 2536 Canadian physicians were analyzed for levels of burnout, values congruence, and workload by sex, measured by the Maslach Burnout...
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Work-home interface stress: an important predictor of emotional exhaustion 15 years into a medical career
This study examines changes in work-home interface stress over 5鈥厃ears, and their prediction of emotional exhaustion. A nationwide doctor cohort questionnaire, at...
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Empathy in clinical practice: How individual dispositions, gender, and experience moderate empathic concern, burnout, and emotional distress in physicians
The following large-scale study aimed to better understand clinical empathy and factors undermining its experience and outcome in care-giving settings. 7,584...
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The prevalence of substance use disorders in American physicians
The following study examines the prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDS) in the US physician population. Out of 7,288 respondents of the survey, 12.9% of male...
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