Measuring Flourishing Among Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many residents experience burnout, prompting national attention to well-being; however, well-being is not merely the absence of burnout. A recently developed measure of flourishing may provide insight on this important topic.

Objective

We investigated flourishing in a sample of medical residents.

Methods

Internal medicine residents and psychiatry residents at 2 residency programs responded to a cross-sectional online survey (December 2017-February 2018), which focused on the Flourish Index (FI) and Secure Flourish Index (SFI). Both measures generate scores ranging from a low of 0 to a high of 10. Participants were queried about quality of life, burnout, work-life balance, empathic concern, and sociodemographic characteristics. Simple and multiple linear reg

SUBMITTER: Kelly-Hedrick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301920 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature