The relationship between resident burnout and safety-related and acceptability-related quality of healthcare: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been increasing interest in examining the relationship between physician wellbeing and quality of patient care. However, few reviews have specifically focused on resident burnout and quality of patient care. The purpose of this systematic literature review of the current scientific literature is to address the question, "How does resident burnout affect the quality of healthcare related to the dimensions of acceptability and safety?"

Methods

This systematic literature review uses a multi-step screening process of publicly available peer-reviewed studies from five electronic databases: (1) Medline Current, (2) Medline In-process, (3) PsycINFO, (4) Embase, and (5) Web of Science.

Results

The electronic literature search resulted in the identificatio

SUBMITTER: Dewa CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5680598 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature