Medical Economics November 27, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Enhancing physician control over work conditions can reduce burnout and intentions to leave or reduce clinical work.
- The study involved 2,339 physicians and highlighted the correlation between low control and high burnout.
- Balancing standardization with physician influence over decisions like scheduling and team composition is crucial.
- Physicians reported varying levels of control over work conditions, with significant impacts on burnout and career intentions.
Institutional leaders want to standardize practices, but flexibility may be a key to keeping doctors.
More workplace control could be a solution to reduce physician burnout and the intention to reduce clinical work or leave a job, according to a new study.
“Physician control and influence over their immediate care environment has declined...