Physicians’ Burnout – A Burning Issue
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2021) | Viewed by 5217
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Dear Colleagues,
Burnout syndrome is considered to be among the most important threats in global healthcare. Physicians are at higher risk of burnout than any other profession. Burnout has been confirmed not only among residents and young doctors of different specialties but also among medical students. Burnout significantly affects physicians’ practice and clinical performance, influencing patient safety and satisfaction.
Current medical curricula do not fully respond to the need to introduce a work–life balance, well-being-related issues, and ways to prevent burnout in young doctors.
Some medical specialties, i.e., family and emergency medicine and also palliative care, oncology, and nephrology, seem to be at the greatest risk of burnout. However, if these domains are prioritized, in research and preventive measures, it may lead to an underestimation of the prevalence and intensity of burnout in other specialties. In certain medical fields, some risk factors of burnout may occur that are tightly associated with the characteristics of the specialty. This is why we should investigate burnout among many different specialties and build prevention and recovery programs that address the exact pattern of burnout that is most common in a particular group and will respond to the specific needs of professionals.
There is an urgent need to increase awareness about burnout and its significance for the daily practice among doctors, which could contribute to more common participation in burnout management programs.
The potentially significant financial cost of burnout is another important issue that still needs to be thoroughly studied.
Resilience is the capacity to respond to stress in a healthy way. It is particularly important for physicians, who, when becoming resilient, may achieve their goals at minimal psychological and physical cost; Resilience is a key to enhancing the quality of care and caring, and sustainability of the healthcare workforce. We are now in the era of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and on the verge of extraordinary challenges for global healthcare. The huge burdens of chronic non-communicable diseases, global outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance, fast-growing air pollution, and climate change are concerns that demand actions by not only well-educated but also self-confident, balanced, rested, and resilient healthcare professionals.
Prof. Dr. Michal Nowicki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- burnout
- well-being
- workplace
- work–life balance
- resilience
- psychological
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