Emergency Medicine Trainee Burnout Is Associated With Lower Patients' Satisfaction With Their Emergency Department Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency medicine (EM) physicians and trainees report high levels of burnout. Burnout negatively impacts physician well-being and career satisfaction but it remains unclear how burnout may influence patient care. We examined the degree to which EM trainee burnout at one institution was associated with patients' satisfaction with their emergency department (ED) care.

Methods

In this cross-sectional, pilot study conducted at a single institution, we measured EM trainee burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory through a confidential, electronic survey. We subsequently linked individual trainee burnout results with their individual Press Ganey (PG) ED patient satisfaction scores. We compared burnout scores across sex and postgraduate year using chi-square tests

SUBMITTER: Lu DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001511 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature