Advisory Board July 15, 2024
According to a new survey from the American Medical Association (AMA), burnout among physicians has continued to decrease since the pandemic while job satisfaction increases, suggesting that things are “moving in the right direction.”
Resource library: Measuring physician burnout
Physician burnout has improved since the pandemic
For the survey, AMA collected responses from more than 12,400 physicians who were part of 81 health systems and organizations across 31 states. Responses were collected between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2023.
Overall, AMA found that the number of physicians reporting at least one symptom of burnout in 2023 was 48.2%, a decline from 53% who said the same in 2022. This is also the first time that physician burnout has been below...