Organisational factors associated with burnout among emergency and internal medicine physicians: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify physician perspectives on factors associated with physician burnout, protective factors against burnout, and to seek potential solutions for this pervasive problem.

Design

A qualitative study with semistructured focus group interviews using a systematic framework analysis.

Setting and participants

Physicians from general internal medicine (GIM) and the emergency department (ED) at two urban tertiary care hospitals in Vancouver, Canada, were recruited. Separate GIM and ED physician focus groups were conducted virtually from July 2021 to December 2022, led by an independent facilitator. Audio recordings from focus group sessions were then transcribed for analysis.

Results

41 physicians (29 GIM and 12 ED) participated in the focus groups. The

SUBMITTER: Ghaseminejad F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11781124 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature