JAMA this week released the findings of a study which looked at the toll burnout is taking among medical students.
The article is titled the
"Relationship Between Burnout and Professional Conduct and Attitudes Among US Medical Students".Hypothesis: "...professional conduct, attitudes regarding appropriate relations with industry, and attitudes regarding physicians' responsibility to society are influenced more by medical students' degree of professional distress than personal distress."
Conclusion: "Burnout was associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct and less altruistic professional values among medical students at 7 US schools."
To read more click on the title to take you to JAMA's website.
JAMA. 2010;304(11):1173-1180. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1318Labels: burnout, medical education, medical student behavior, medical students, professionalism, stress, unprofessional conduct
"Medicine has one of the highest rates of burnout. Experts say some 50% of medical professionals suffer from a form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's not unexpected - the hours are long, the patients looking to you to solve their problems, and the stakes are very high if you can't. No medical professional wants to compromise patient care, but when they're burned out, it's pretty much inevitable. This week on
White Coat, Black Art, burnout among your health professionals [in Canada].
CBC Radio Canada hosts "White Coat, Black Art":"Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies. It's a biting, original and provocative show that will demystify the world of medicine. We'll explore the tension between hope and reality: between what patients want, and what doctors can deliver. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals will explain how the system works, and why, with a refreshing and unprecedented level of honesty."
UPDATE Jan 12/2010: More research has now been published on the subject of
'burnout' among physicians in the December issue of
Canadian Family Physician.
Labels: burnout, Canada, health care, stress
JAMA this week released the findings of a study which looked at the toll burnout is taking among medical students.
