Background: In a previous randomized trial we found that shorter ward rotations reduced attending physician burnout at rotation-end. This improvement was offset, however, by negative education outcomes among trainees. Therefore solutions to burnout other than simply shortening rotations are needed to preserve the educational mission. We examined additional data collected (but not yet presented) to [...]

Background: In a previous randomized trial we found that shorter ward rotations reduced attending physician burnout at rotation-end. This improvement was offset, however, by negative education outcomes among trainees. Therefore solutions to burnout other than simply shortening rotations are needed to preserve the educational mission. We examined additional data collected (but not yet presented) to [...]

Background: While medical school experience could be very rewarding, it is also known to be unusually stressful to many future physicians. Previous cross sectional studies have shown that symptoms of depression and burnout are higher among medical students compared to age matched general population. A meta-analysis reported overall pooled crude prevalence of depression, or depressive [...]

Background: With over 50% of hospitalists affected by burnout cited in the literature, it is imperative to evaluate tools and techniques to abate the downstream consequences. Recent work on resiliency has focused on how to decrease emotional exhaustion through exercises that can reframe a negative outlook into a positive perspective. Employing the “three good things” [...]

Background: Among Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) members, 40% are women, and most of them are assistant professors, which suggests that a significant proportion of hospitalists are women of childbearing age. The United States lags behind most other countries regarding support for working mothers and parental leave, but there is limited data to describe the [...]

Background: The rate of burnout among health care providers is unacceptably high and recent scholarship has advocated for organization-facing interventions to tackle this problem. To that end, our large academic hospital medicine group has developed a multi-modal strategy to identify high-yield interventions for provider well-being. A part of this initiative involved piloting a digital survey [...]

Background: Patient record form one of the most important part of clinical care as the primary source for patient information for primary team, consultants, nurses and other paramedic staff and help in providing a higher quality of care, as well as monitoring patient safety. Incomplete patient records are a source of gaps in patient care [...]

Background: Burnout is the syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal efficacy that occurs in individuals working in the human services field. Recent data suggests that 50% of physicians are experiencing at least one symptom of burnout. Factors that contribute to physician burnout include lack of efficiency and lack of input.There is growing concern [...]