A Randomized Controlled Trial to Decrease Job Burnout in First-Year Internal Medicine Residents Using a Facilitated Discussion Group Intervention

Published in Journal of Graduate Medical Education, the following study examines the effect of a facilitated group discussion on incident burnout among first year Internal medicine residents. The findings suggest that it did not decrease burnout; many intervention residents reveal that sessions did not truly free them from clinical or educational responsibilities. The authors posit that future discussion-based interventions should be voluntary and effectively free participants from clinical duties.

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