Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 80-90

  Lebares, Carter C ^a   Guvva, Ekaterina V ^b   Ascher, Nancy L ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^a   Harris, Hobart W ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MINDFULNESS; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; PHYSICIANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85032833389     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.10.010     Document Type: Article

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