SGEM Xtra: Everybody Hurts, Sometime

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2015Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians, 2011-2014Psychiatry & BehaviouralIn 6880 US physicians, a repeat national survey in 2014 showed more burnout symptoms than in 2011 and in employed US adults.
• 2022Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2022Psychiatry & BehaviouralIn 13,069 US physicians across 29 specialties, burnout in the second pandemic year rose to 47% overall and 60% in emergency medicine, versus 42% and 43% in 2020.
• 2020Association of Physician Burnout With Suicidal Ideation and Medical ErrorsPsychiatry & BehaviouralIn 1354 US attending and trainee physicians, burnout was associated with 12-month suicidal ideation only until adjustment for depression.