Reducing stress and burnout in junior doctors: The impact of debriefing sessions

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1074, 2015, Pages 182-187

  Gunasingam, Nishmi ^a,b   Burns, Kharis ^a,b   Edwards, James ^a,b,c   Dinh, Michael ^a,b   Walton, Merrilyn ^d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Health Education and Training Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIEFING SESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY SCORING SYSTEM; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84927762645     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132847     Document Type: Article

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