Resource topic: Personal Factors
The Moral Distress Education Project

The Moral Distress Education Project is a media project at the University of Kentucky in which core multidisciplinary experts on moral distress from across the...

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Physicians Married or Partnered to Physicians: A Comparative Study in the American College of Surgeons

Published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, the following study examined how surgeons in dual-physician relationships differ from other partnered...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Physician Satisfaction and Burnout at Different Career Stages

Published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the following study examined the work lives, professional satisfaction, and burnout of US physicians by career stage and...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Relationship Between Work-Home Conflicts and Burnout Among American Surgeons: A Comparison by Sex

The following study, published in JAMA Surgery sought to evaluate differences in burnout and career satisfaction between men and women surgeons and to determine the...

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Burnout Among US Medical Students, Residents, and Early Career Physicians Relative to the General US Population

The following study, published in Academic Medicine sought to compare the prevalence of burnout and other forms of distress across career stages and the experiences...

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A Survey of US Physicians and Their Partners Regarding the Impact of Work-Home Conflict

The following study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine analyzed factors associated with work-home conflicts for physicians and their employed partners....

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Burnout, Career Satisfaction, and Well-Being Among U.S. Neurology Residents and Fellows in 2016

The following study, published in Neurology, aimed to understand the prevalence of and factors that contribute to burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being in...

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Burnout, Career Satisfaction, and Well-Being Among U.S. Neurologists

The following study, published in Neurology, aimed to understand the prevalence of and factors that contribute to burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being in...

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This is Why

The following article, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is a personal narrative from a fourth year medical student about the stigma surrounding mental...

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