MedPage Today September 11, 2023
— Symptoms had some PAs saying they intended to leave their clinical posts sooner rather than later
NASHVILLE — Nearly a third of board-certified physician assistants (PAs) said they experienced burnout in the past 3 years, according to a national cross-sectional analysis.
Looking at over 111,000 PAs who worked in at least one clinical position, 30.6% self-reported at least one symptom of burnout, found Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD, of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants in Georgia, and colleagues.
These burnout symptoms were also linked with clinicians saying they intended to leave their principal clinical position, with 8% saying they were planning their exit within the next 12 months, according to a poster presented at Psych Congress 2023.
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