Physician Burnout

Before the pandemic, family physicians from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups reported lower frequencies of two of the three burnout dimensions listed in the Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual, researchers reported.

The COVID-19 pandemic is “taking an emotional toll on family physicians,” according to researchers who created and implemented a small survey in Kansas.

James Stoller, MD, MS, is chair of the Education Institute at Cleveland Clinic. His love for patient care and passion for medical education is palpable. In this episode we discuss burnout, imposter syndrome and thought leadership.

Intern physicians commonly experienced work-related trauma exposure and PTSD, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Women physicians “consistently” reported worse work-life integration than men across a range of demographic and professional factors, survey data in JAMA Network Open showed.

In this episode, I sit down with Sumita Khatri, MD, director of the Asthma Center at Cleveland Clinic, to discuss unconscious bias, advocating for immigrant physicians, overcoming imposter syndrome and balancing work and family life.

As of July 2020, North Carolina was the only state that followed all Federation of State Medical Boards recommendations regarding a physician’s mental health and efforts to seek treatment if needed, according to a report in JAMA.

As program director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, Rendell Ashton, MD, has mentored, inspired and shaped the careers of hundreds of physicians. Hear his inspiring story of grit, passion and perseverance.

The Oncology Nursing Foundation selected Tara Rynders, RN-BC, MFA, BSN, BA, as this year’s Mara Mogensen Flaherty memorial lecturer.

Clinicians in primary care spent more time using electronic health records compared with those in medical and surgical specialties, data from a cross-sectional study showed.