Medical Xpress September 14, 2022
Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents and four times more likely to be dissatisfied with their job, suggests research published today by The BMJ.
The scale of burnout among clinicians and the serious impact it can have on patient safety and staff turnover has been revealed in the largest and most comprehensive systematic review and analysis of studies on the subject to date.
Previous studies have highlighted concerns that burnout—defined as emotional exhaustion, cynicism and detachment from the job, and a feeling of reduced personal accomplishment—is reaching global epidemic levels among physicians. Their representatives have warned that spare capacity in the field of medicine is nearing what they call the crisis point.
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