Burned Out at the Bedside: Patient Perceptions of Physician Burnout in an Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 203-208

  Lafreniere, Justin P ^a,b   Rios, Rebeca ^c   Packer, Hillary ^c   Ghazarian, Sharon ^c   Wright, Scott M ^c   Levine, Rachel B ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; empathy; enablement; graduate medical education; patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; BURNOUT; CONSULTATION AND RELATIONAL EMPATHY MEASURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT ENABLEMENT INSTRUMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; RESIDENT; RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC; STRESS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84955123400     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3503-3     Document Type: Article

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