An exploration of key issues and potential solutions that impact physician wellbeing and professional fulfillment at an academic center

PeerJ

Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Schrijver, Iris ^a   Brady, Keri J S ^a,b   Trockel, Mickey ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Dissatisfaction; Physician wellness; Professional fulfillment; Work life integration

Indexed keywords

ANONYMISED DATA; BURNOUT; CAREER; COMPENSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRUSTRATION; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRECIPITATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84963984207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1783     Document Type: Article

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