An innovative programme to track and address burnout in physician trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a call to action for health care systems to assess and address burnout among physician trainees. To address this need for programmatic change, we developed a novel initiative to (1) proactively assess trainee burnout and identify drivers and (2) provide resources and recommendations for preventing and reducing burnout.

Approach

This pilot burnout tracking initiative began in 2020. A two-question burnout survey was disseminated to physician trainees at a hospital devoted exclusively to clinical research. The survey assessed burnout level and drivers of burnout. An algorithm was created to recommend action steps based on trainee responses. Participating training programmes completed a 23-question survey annually to provide information about their trainees a

SUBMITTER: Snyder DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11149787 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature