Worklife and Wellness in Academic General Internal Medicine: Results from a National Survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1004-1010

  Linzer, Mark ^a,b   Poplau, Sara ^a,c   Babbott, Stewart ^d   Collins, Tracie ^e   Guzman Corrales, Laura ^c   Menk, Jeremiah ^f   Murphy, Mary Lou ^g   Ovington, Kay ^h  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Stanford California and Cofounder   (United States)

^h Society of General Internal Medicine and Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; clinician burnout; general internal medicine; physician satisfaction; stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BURNOUT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEAMWORK; UNIVERSITY; VETERAN; WORKPLACE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84965082437     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3720-4     Document Type: Article

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