Association of clinical specialty with symptoms of burnout and career choice regret among US resident physicians

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 320, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1114-1130

  Dyrbye, Liselotte N ^a   Burke, Sara E ^b   Hardeman, Rachel R ^c   Herrin, Jeph ^d   Wittlin, Natalie M ^e   Yeazel, Mark ^f   Dovidio, John F ^e   Cunningham, Brooke ^f   White, Richard O ^g   Phelan, Sean M ^a   Satele, Daniel V ^a   Shanafelt, Tait D ^h   Van Ryn, Michelle ⁱ  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPRING; UROLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053491943     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.12615     Document Type: Article

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