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1/3/2019 Anesthesiology Journal Club -Association of Clinical Specialty With Symptoms of Burnout and Career Choice Regret Among US Resident Physicians

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe national studies of physician burnout amount attending physicians and factors that are associated with high levels of burnout or career dissatisfaction.
  • Explain the Maslach Burnout Inventory and components that highly correlate with physician burnout.
  • Describe resident burnout rates and career choice regret among medical subspecialties nationally.
  • Discuss factors associated with burnout rates and career choice regret amount residents and attending physicians.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Dyrbye LN, Burke SE, Hardeman RR, et al. “Association of Clinical Specialty With Symptoms of Burnout and Career Choice Regret Among US Resident Physicians.” JAMA. 2018;320(11):1114–1130. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.12615​
  2. “NYU Resident, Medical Student Die by Suicide Five Days Apart.” Marcia Frellick. Medscape Medical News. May 2018.​
  3. Shanafelt TD, et al. “Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014.” Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Dec;90(12):1600-13. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.08.023.​
  4. Shanafelt TD, et al. “Burnout and Career Satisfaction Among American Surgeons,” Ann Surg. 2009 Sep;250(3):463-71. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181ac4dfd.

Authors:
Daniel P. Huettner, MD CA-1 — PGY-2 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Leath Abdullah, MD CA-1​ — PGY-2 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Stephen M. McHugh, MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.