Background: Engaged healthcare team members are more likely to be satisfied with their job and remain in their organizations (1-3). However, little is known about the effects of burnout on work engagement in hospital nurses. Therefore, we examined the relationship between burnout, work engagement, and job satisfaction in nurses in a tertiary referral hospital. Methods: [...]

Background: Based on the study “Jobs, Careers, Callings: People’s Relations to their Work,” we wanted to see whether how residents intrinsically view their occupation affects their work engagement and burnout. We used the same three categories: “job” defined as viewing your occupation as a means to an end, “career” as focusing on advancement and prestige, [...]

Background: Healthcare provider burnout includes emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished sense of personal accomplishment. No recent study assesses burnout among academic hospital medicine (HM) physicians. A 2011 study of hospitalists at 20 academic medical centers noted burnout near 25%. Few studies assess burnout among Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) which include Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, [...]

Background: Since the introduction of the hospitalist system in Korea, their role and responsibilities have grown significantly. However, the current status and impact of Korean hospitalists on job satisfaction are poorly studied. We aimed to investigate the present state of Korean hospitalists and their influence on job satisfaction, six years after the pilot program’s launch. [...]

Background: Hospital medicine has expanded significantly over the last two decades but faces a higher physician turnover rate compared to other specialties1 and a critical shortage of providers. A survey conducted in 2019 and again in 2022 showed a reduction in the number of hospitalists identified as being “very satisfied” with their career (from 55% [...]