Resource topic: Personal Factors
Strategies to Combat Physician Burnout in Gastroenterology

Anderson's paper, published in Nature and The American Journal of Gastroenterology, highlights institutional (system) factors and individual factors affecting...

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Sex Differences in Academic Rank and Publication Rate at Top-Ranked US Neurology Programs

The following study of 1712 academic neurologists, published in JAMA Neurology, analyzes the proportion of male versus female neurologists at each academic faculty...

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Hours Worked Among US Dual Physician Couples With Children, 2000 to 2015

A national sample of dual-physician couples (n=9868) was analyzed for hours worked, age of youngest child, ages and races of each spouse, state, and time period....

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Work-home interface stress: an important predictor of emotional exhaustion 15 years into a medical career

This study examines changes in work-home interface stress over 5 years, and their prediction of emotional exhaustion. A nationwide doctor cohort questionnaire, at...

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Empathy in clinical practice: How individual dispositions, gender, and experience moderate empathic concern, burnout, and emotional distress in physicians

The following large-scale study aimed to better understand clinical empathy and factors undermining its experience and outcome in care-giving settings. 7,584...

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What are the significant factors associated with burnout in doctors?

The following article, published in Occupational Medicine, identifies and categorizes key factors associated with burnout across various medical specialties and...

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Is the professional satisfaction of general internists associate with patient satisfaction?

A random sample of 2,620 patients with at least one visit to their physician during the preceding year completed cross-sectional surveys to examine the relation...

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Physicians’ characteristics influence patients’ adherence to medical treatment: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

A 2 year longitudinal study of 186 physicians and their patients, was conducted to examine the influence of physician's attributes and practice styles, on patients'...

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Stress, burnout and doctors’ attitudes to work are determined by personality and learning style: A twelve year longitudinal study of UK medical graduates

The study investigates the extent to which approaches to work, workplace climate, stress, burnout and satisfaction with medicine as a career, are predicted by...

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The process of suicidal planning among medical doctors: Predictors in a longitudinal Norwegian sample

This study investigates the process from suicidal thoughts to suicidal planning among physicians. First, predictors at medical school of postgraduate suicidal...

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