Resource topic: Effects on Clinician Health and Well-Being
Burnout in the Brain at Work

Long-term exposure to a stressful working environment where demands of the job exceed the resources of the worker may develop into job burnout. It is a major...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Study: 1 in 6 Veterinarians Have Considered Suicide

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published “Prevalence of Risk Factors for Suicide Among Veterinarians—United States, 2014” in its Morbidity and...

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Top 10 Lies Doctors Tell Themselves

This interview between Pamela Wible MD, and Sydney Ashland, an expert in physician mental health, explores the top 10 lies and negative thinking patterns that...

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Occupational Well-Being in Anesthesiologists: Its Relationship with Educational Methodology

Anesthesiologists face stressful factors such as lack of control over their workday, jeopardized family life, medical and legal aspects, work standards,...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
2016 Survey of America’s Physicians Practice Patterns and Perspectives

The following report, conducted by The Physicians Foundation, is based on 17,236 physician responses to a biennial survey, which inquired physician's perception of...

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Physician Burnout: The Root of the Problem and the Path to Solutions

This collection of original articles, conversations, and data previously published by NEJM Catalyst, features some of the nation’s leading experts on physician...

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Burnout and Psychological Distress Among Pediatric Critical Care Physicians in the United States

Published in Critical Care Medicine, this study is a cross-sectional online survey of pediatric critical care physicians across the United States. It aims to...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Unbalanced but Satisfied?

In the following article published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, Asha N. Shenoi examines her experience with "work-home interference" and its contribution to burnout....

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A Physician’s Suffering – Facing Depression as a Trainee

Published in JAMA, this perspective piece by Colleen M. Farrell details her own experience with depression during her fourth year of medical school. Despite...

Personal Stories
Physician Well-Being: Addressing Downstream Effects, But Looking Upstream

The following article, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, evaluates the impact of a series of small-group discussions, on physicians' psychological well-being....

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