Background: Physician burnout is associated with negative outcomes for physicians, patients, and organizations. In our urban, academic medical center, 32% of hospitalist faculty report experiencing burnout at least once weekly. Clinical practice as a hospitalist involves dealing with medical acuity, diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainty, and complex interpersonal interactions, all of which may contribute to emotional [...]

Background: A key factor contributing to physician burnout is what is known as “pajama time”—the time spent on clinical tasks outside of regular working hours. For inpatient physicians, responding to after hours texting may contribute significantly to pajama time. Purpose: At our large, urban academic medical center, 163 medicine residents rotate through the general medicine [...]