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A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents

BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the field of physician wellness and burnout. The prevalence of burnout is non-uniform between medical specialties and is most prevalent amongst emergency medicine physicians. Importantly, burnout can be observed amongst individuals earl...

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Autores principales: Liu, Robin, Van Aarsen, Kristine, Sedran, Rob, Lim, Rodrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062091
http://dx.doi.org/10.36834/cmej.68602
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author Liu, Robin
Van Aarsen, Kristine
Sedran, Rob
Lim, Rodrick
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Sedran, Rob
Lim, Rodrick
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description BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the field of physician wellness and burnout. The prevalence of burnout is non-uniform between medical specialties and is most prevalent amongst emergency medicine physicians. Importantly, burnout can be observed amongst individuals early in their medical careers, including medical students and residents. Despite ample studies in other populations, there is no national perspective of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)Emergency Medicine (EM) residents. METHODS: Our study surveyed Canadian residents undergoing EM training though the RCPSC via local program directors using an anonymous electronic form. Basic demographic characteristics and residents’ contemplation of suicide were surveyed. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) for medical personnel was used to assess burnout on three dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment). RESULTS: A total of 65 valid responses were collected from eight of 14 eligible institutions (response rate = 30%). Respondents are primarily male (58%) and in their postgraduate year (PGY) 1-3 (71%). Overall, 62% of residents met the threshold for burnout according to a widely cited definition of burnout using the MBI-HSS. Additionally, 14% contemplated suicide during their training. There was no statistical significance in burnout rates between male and female responders or between residents in different stages of training. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest significant burnout amongst Canadian EM residents. These results point to an important opportunity to better support EM residents during their training to improve wellness and reduce burnout.
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spelling pubmed-75228612020-10-14 A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents Liu, Robin Van Aarsen, Kristine Sedran, Rob Lim, Rodrick Can Med Educ J Brief Reports BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the field of physician wellness and burnout. The prevalence of burnout is non-uniform between medical specialties and is most prevalent amongst emergency medicine physicians. Importantly, burnout can be observed amongst individuals early in their medical careers, including medical students and residents. Despite ample studies in other populations, there is no national perspective of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)Emergency Medicine (EM) residents. METHODS: Our study surveyed Canadian residents undergoing EM training though the RCPSC via local program directors using an anonymous electronic form. Basic demographic characteristics and residents’ contemplation of suicide were surveyed. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) for medical personnel was used to assess burnout on three dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment). RESULTS: A total of 65 valid responses were collected from eight of 14 eligible institutions (response rate = 30%). Respondents are primarily male (58%) and in their postgraduate year (PGY) 1-3 (71%). Overall, 62% of residents met the threshold for burnout according to a widely cited definition of burnout using the MBI-HSS. Additionally, 14% contemplated suicide during their training. There was no statistical significance in burnout rates between male and female responders or between residents in different stages of training. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest significant burnout amongst Canadian EM residents. These results point to an important opportunity to better support EM residents during their training to improve wellness and reduce burnout. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7522861/ /pubmed/33062091 http://dx.doi.org/10.36834/cmej.68602 Text en © 2020 Liu, Van Aarsen, Sedran, Lim; licensee Synergies Partners http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Journal Systems article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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title A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents
title_full A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents
title_fullStr A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents
title_full_unstemmed A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents
title_short A national survey of burnout amongst Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada emergency medicine residents
title_sort national survey of burnout amongst canadian royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada emergency medicine residents
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062091
http://dx.doi.org/10.36834/cmej.68602
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