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Trainee burnout: Are there modifiable factors?
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The clinical teacher [Clin Teach] 2024 Oct; Vol. 21 (5), pp. e13767. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 25. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Burnout is a complex phenomenon and a major concern in graduate medical education as it directly impacts trainee well-being. Identifying modifiable lifestyle factors over which trainees have immediate control could support timely, actionable, individual and programme-level interventions to combat it.<br />Objective: The objective of this pilot study is to describe modifiable lifestyle factors that may limit the development of burnout in medical residents and fellows.<br />Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey of residents and fellows at academic medical centre from September 2017 to October 2017. Participants completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a questionnaire designed to identify factors hypothesised to be protective against burnout.<br />Findings: A total of 205/805 (25%) trainees completed the survey with a mean (SD) age of 29.7 (2.6) years. 52% (n = 107) were female. Averaging at least 7 h of sleep per night was found to have a significant association with lower scores for the emotional exhaustion (24.8 [11, p = 0.04]) and depersonalisation (11.1 [6.4, p = 0.02]) dimensions of burnout. Additionally, self-identifying as a healthy eater was found to have a significant association with lower scores for emotional exhaustion (25 [11.5, p = 0.03]) and depersonalisation (11.5 [6.6, p = 0.04]) as well. Workouts, hobbies, identifying with organised religion, praying, meditation and mindfulness activities were not associated with a difference.<br />Conclusions: Adequate sleep (7 or more hours per night) and healthy eating are modifiable individual-level lifestyle factors associated with lower burnout scores in trainees. These items could be a target for trainee education and programme level support initiatives.<br /> (© 2024 Association for the Study of Medical Education and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1743-498X
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The clinical teacher
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38664946
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13767