Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Lucinda B. Leung, Caroline K. Yoo, Danielle E. Rose, Nicholas J. Jackson, Susan E. Stockdale, Eric A. Apaydin
Summary: This survey study investigates the correlation between burnout and different telework arrangements among physicians in the Veterans Health Administration.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Elisa A. Bradley, David Winchester, Carlos E. Alfonso, Andrea J. Carpenter, Meryl S. Cohen, Dawn M. Coleman, Miriam Jacob, Hani Jneid, Miguel A. Leal, Zainab Mahmoud, Laxmi S. Mehta, Chittur A. Sivaram
Summary: Academic medicine provides unique benefits to society through its focus on clinical care, education, and research. To ensure the growth and sustainability of academic medicine, attracting and engaging top talent is crucial. In the field of academic cardiovascular medicine, burnout is a significant issue that requires system-level and personal interventions to support individual wellness.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Eve Rittenberg, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Kathryn M. Rexrode
Summary: Previous research has shown that female physicians spend more time than male physicians in the electronic health record (EHR). This study aimed to examine gender differences in EHR usage among primary care physicians and identify potential causes for those differences. The findings indicate that female primary care physicians spend more time working in the EHR and receive more staff and patient messages compared to their male colleagues.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Cheri L. Canon, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick, Ivan DeQuesada, Richard B. Gunderman, Noelle Hoven, Ashley Elizabeth Prosper
Summary: Physician burnout is considered a public health crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for radiologists.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Aishwarya Vijay, Clyde W. Yancy
Summary: This article highlights the risk of burnout and its impact on resident physicians treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides strategies for preventing burnout.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mickey Trockel, Christine Sinsky, Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Michael Tutty, Lindsey Carlasare, Hanhan Wang, Tait Shanafelt
Summary: The study found that physicians had lower self-valuation compared to workers in other fields, and adjusting for self-valuation eliminated the association between being a physician and higher risk for burnout. Further experimental design research is needed to determine the causal relationship between self-valuation and burnout, as well as the potential for intervention at individual, organizational, and professional culture levels.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2021)
Article
Biology
Hongyang Li, Yuanfang Guan
Summary: Li and Guan present a deep learning approach for automatically segmenting sleep arousal regions based on polysomnographic recordings. The algorithm, which won an open competition, enables fast and accurate delineation of sleep arousal events and would be useful in the scoring process in clinical studies.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Alina Pavlova, Clair X. Y. Wang, Anna L. Boggiss, Anne O'Callaghan, Nathan S. Consedine
Summary: This study systematically reviews the predictors of physician empathy, compassion, and related constructs in healthcare. The results show that physician-related, environmental, and patient-related factors all play a role in influencing compassion in healthcare. Inconsistent findings in the direction of the predictors' effects indicate the need for further research on the relationships among predictors to better understand the mechanisms of compassion in healthcare.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Alina Pavlova, Clair X. Y. Wang, Anna L. Boggiss, Anne O'Callaghan, Nathan S. Consedine
Summary: Compassion in healthcare has significant benefits for patients, physicians, and healthcare systems. This study systematically reviews the literature and synthesizes evidence on the predictors of physician empathy, compassion, and related constructs.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Song Bai, Qing Chang, Da Yao, Yixiao Zhang, Bin Wu, Yuhong Zhao
Summary: This study found a significant prevalence of major anxiety symptoms in residents in China and identified poor sleep quality and higher levels of burnout as closely associated with major anxiety. These findings enrich existing literature on anxiety and highlight the critical need for additional studies on intervention strategies to improve sleep quality and combat burnout, in order to enhance the mental health of residents.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Wenhua Li, Yinlong Cheng, Yi Zhang, Yazhi Qian, Mo Wu, Wei Huang, Nan Yang, Yanyong Liu
Summary: Healthy sleep is crucial for maintaining the body's balance, but sleep disorders have become a major global health problem. Shumian capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine used for insomnia, has been found to have antidepressant and sedative effects, with melatonin receptors playing a key role. In experiments with sleep-deprived mice, Shumian capsule significantly alleviated insomnia symptoms and improved related mental disorders. The study also compared it to ramelteon, a selective melatonin receptor agonist, which only improved sleep latency.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Adrienne Mann, Ami N. Shah, Pari Shah Thibodeau, Liselotte Dyrbye, Adnan Syed, Maria A. Woodward, Kerri Thurmon, Christine D. Jones, Kimiko S. Dunbar, Tyra Fainstad
Summary: This study is a randomized clinical trial that examines the effects of professional coaching on improving well-being and reducing symptoms of burnout in women physician trainees. The results show that the intervention group experienced decreased emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, impostor syndrome, and moral injury, as well as increased self-compassion and flourishing.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lisa S. Rotenstein, Nate Apathy, A. Jay Holmgren, David W. Bates
Summary: This study aimed to investigate physicians' note composition strategies and their correlation with time spent on notes and EHR use. The analysis of 215,207 US-based ambulatory physicians using the Epic EHR identified six distinct note composition strategies. The findings suggest that how physicians use EHR-based documentation tools can significantly impact reducing documentation time and alleviating EHR-associated burden.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Catalina Angela Crisan, Zaki Milhem, Roland Stretea, Ioan-Marian Tata, Razvan Mircea Chereches, Ioana Valentina Miclutia
Summary: Endogenous depression is a severe mental health condition that is projected to become a leading cause of disability worldwide. Current interventions for alleviating endogenous depression have limitations in effectiveness and medication adherence, as well as unpleasant side effects. Research has shown links between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep patterns and endogenous depression, with prolonged periods of REM sleep associated with different psychiatric disorders. REM sleep deprivation (REM-D) is being explored as a potential non-pharmaceutical approach or adjuvant practice for improving the clinical management of endogenous depression.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Laura Cottey, Tom Roberts, Blair Graham, Daniel Horner, Jos M. Latour, Doyo Enki, Mark D. Lyttle, Kara N. Stevens
Summary: This study highlights the association between increased Need for recovery (NFR) score and self-perceived well-being characteristics among emergency department physicians. Higher NFR scores may lead to occupational burnout and feeling overwhelmed at work. Identification of NFR could provide opportunities for early interventions to improve well-being in this workforce.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2021)