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Health Care Sciences & Services
Jeremy A. Epstein, Albert W. Wu
Summary: The management of high-utilizing patients poses challenges for providing continuity of care while avoiding provider burnout and attrition, requiring enhanced support in medical education and specialized care.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Katherine Ann Gielissen, Emily Pinto Taylor, David Vermette, Benjamin Doolittle
Summary: This study identified factors contributing to career satisfaction and life satisfaction among primary care physicians through qualitative interviews. The findings revealed that intrinsic factors such as love for work and value-oriented beliefs, as well as extrinsic factors like fulfilling social networks, play critical roles in physician thriving. The study proposed a model for physician thriving based on the identified critical themes and discussed barriers and opportunities for wider application in the physician community.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Ryan Sterling, Seppo T. Rinne, Ashok Reddy, Megan Moldestad, Peter Kaboli, Christian D. Helfrich, Nora B. Henrikson, Karin M. Nelson, Catherine Kaminetzky, Edwin S. Wong
Summary: The study identified key workplace climate predictors of burnout among primary care physicians in the healthcare system, highlighting the importance of workload and organization satisfaction in addressing physician burnout.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Raziye Sule Gumustakim, Hilal Aksoy, Murat Cevik, Pinar Bilgili, Duygu Ayhan Baser, Selda Handan Karahan Saper, Ulku Nur Sokmen, Nebi Sokmen
Summary: The study found that family physicians without children, with chronic diseases, subjected to violence, and unsatisfied with working in primary care had higher levels of despair. Therefore, it is important to carefully examine the dissatisfied aspects of the Family Medicine System and take measures to improve employee and patient satisfaction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Marie-Elizabeth Ramas, Sarah Webber, Andrea L. Braden, Elizabeth Goelz, Mark Linzer, Heather Farley
Summary: Despite improvements in representation, promotion and career advancement in academic medicine remain unequal for women compared to men. Innovative approaches are needed to promote well-being and address unique barriers faced by women physicians. Three wellness-oriented models aim to promote professional fulfillment and well-being for women physicians by redefining productivity, promoting equity, and improving diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paul Sebo, Thierry Favrod-Coune, Liv Mahler, Amir Moussa, Christine Cohidon, Barbara Broers
Summary: The study found that most Swiss PCPs considered themselves to be in good health, but a significant proportion suffered from psychiatric or cardiovascular disorders, or had been hospitalized or off work recently. Only half of PCPs had their own GP.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Anesthesiology
Shahzad Shaefi, Ameeka Pannu, Ariel L. Mueller, Brigid Flynn, Adam Evans, Craig S. Jabaley, Domagoj Mladinov, Michael Wall, Shahla Siddiqui, David J. Douin, M. Dustin Boone, Erika Monteith, Vivian Abalama, Mark E. Nunnally, Miguel Cobas, Matthew A. Warner, Robert D. Stevens
Summary: This study surveyed critical care anesthesiologists in the United States to evaluate their clinical practice patterns, including compensation, types of ICUs covered, overnight ICU coverage models, and relationships between these factors. The study found significant variability in practice patterns, with female anesthesiologists reporting lower salaries but not statistically significant. These survey data can inform decision-making for the initiation and expansion of critical care services, staffing patterns, and further research on intensivist satisfaction and burnout.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Lee J. Baumgartner, Tim Marsden, Deanna Duffy, Ana Horta, Nathan Ning
Summary: Infrastructure-induced fragmentation of riverine ecosystems has created a need for more effective aquatic restoration efforts globally. Past fragmentation assessments have focused on large dams, neglecting the contributions of road crossings and small irrigation structures. This study found that road crossings have a similar impact as large dams on fragmentation, while small irrigation structures have an even greater impact. These findings highlight the importance of considering factors beyond dams in restoring connectivity for aquatic biota.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Anne M. Finucane, Nicholas J. Hulbert-Williams, Brooke Swash, Juliet A. Spiller, Brigid Wright, Libby Milton, David Gillanders
Summary: This study aimed to develop and test an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to improve the wellbeing of palliative care staff. A sample of 25 staff participated in the intervention, with most reporting satisfaction and positive effects on psychological flexibility and mental wellbeing. However, minimal changes were observed in perceived stress, burnout, and compassion satisfaction. The study concluded that incorporating strategies for long-term behavior changes and optimizing data collection at follow-up are important for future intervention refinement and evaluation.
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yu-Che Chang, Nothando S. Nkambule, Xaviera Xiao, Roy Y. L. Ngerng, Lynn Monrouxe
Summary: This study examines how emergency physicians use metaphors to articulate their experiences of practicing emergency care, highlighting the impact of these metaphors on their professional identities. The findings show that metaphors play a significant role in shaping physicians' perceptions and practices in emergency medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
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Respiratory System
Peter M. Dodek, Elaine O. Cheung, Karen E. A. Burns, Claudio M. Martin, Patrick M. Archambault, Francois Lauzier, Aimee J. Sarti, Sangeeta Mehta, Alison E. Fox-Robichaud, Andrew J. E. Seely, Christopher Parshuram, Daniel Garros, Davinia E. Withington, Deborah J. Cook, Dominique Piquette, Franco A. Carnevale, J. Gordon Boyd, James Downar, D. James Kutsogiannis, Michael Chasse, Patricia Fontela, Robert A. Fowler, Sean Bagshaw, Sonny Dhanani, Srinivas Murthy, Paige Gehrke, Tomoko Fujii
Summary: Canadian critical care physicians reported moderate levels of moral distress, burnout, and compassion fatigue, and moderate-high levels of compassion satisfaction and resilience. No modifiable factors associated with any wellness measures were found. Further studies are needed to identify interventions to reduce moral distress, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Johannes C. Fendel, Vanessa M. Aeschbach, Stefan Schmidt, Anja S. Goritz
Summary: The tailored mindfulness-based program for resident physicians showed improvements in reducing burnout, perceived stress, job strain, and enhancing empathy and attentiveness. However, there were no significant differences between the intervention and control groups in other outcomes.
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Rachel Q. Liu, Jacob Davidson, Tamara A. Van Hooren, Julie Ann M. Van Koughnett, Sarah Jones, Michael C. Ott
Summary: Impostorism is common among postgraduate medical learners regardless of specialty and contributes to learner anxiety and burnout.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Tait D. Shanafelt, Lotte N. Dyrbye, Christine Sinsky, Mickey Trockel, Maryam S. Makowski, Michael Tutty, Hanhan Wang, Lindsey E. Carlasare, Colin P. West
Summary: The study aims to determine the prevalence of imposter phenomenon among physicians and its relationship with personal and professional characteristics, professional fulfillment, burnout, and suicidal ideation. The results showed that imposter phenomenon experiences are common among US physicians and are associated with increased burnout and suicidal ideation, as well as lower professional fulfillment.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2022)
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Psychiatry
Birte Pantenburg, Franziska Jung, Ines Conrad, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Summary: This study found that physicians working in psychiatric/psychosomatic care did not differ significantly from physicians working in somatic care in terms of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, but reported higher levels of personal accomplishment. Working in psychiatric/psychosomatic care was associated with a lower likelihood of experiencing burnout in terms of personal accomplishment. Previous assumptions of a higher prevalence of burnout among physicians in psychiatric care were not confirmed in this study.
PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS
(2021)
