Physicians experience higher rates of burnout compared to the general population,
and many times the origin of the burnout can be traced to residency training [
[1]
]. Burnout may be the precursor to many subsequent mental and physical ailments including
depression, substance abuse, social isolation, anxiety, self-blame for negative outcomes
and even suicide [
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
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,
7
]. Furthermore, physician burnout has a high societal cost and can lead to lower quality
patient care [
[1]
,
[8]
]. Surveys of physicians have shown that doctors trace work stress to the consistently
experienced high intensity of work, conflicting time demands, heavy professional responsibilities,
limited control over work requirements, ever present medico-legal concerns, and systemic-paucity
of physical and social resources [
[3]
].To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: February 28, 2018
Accepted:
February 25,
2018
Received in revised form:
February 23,
2018
Received:
January 20,
2018
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