Burnout is a widespread issue.
It’s happening more often now because of a mixture of…
Heavy workloads
Societal pressures to spend more time working
Constantly staying connected to work
This emotional exhaustion relates specifically to the workplace, resulting from factors of one’s job.
While this issue is prevalent across all industries, it especially plaguing healthcare. Healthcare organizations must offer resources to help decrease this mental health issue. But before this is possible, we need to first recognize and understand signs of burnout.
Conclusion
Burnout is a huge problem, especially within healthcare. It results in exhaustion, less enjoyment and motivation, and negative feelings overall. It’s a huge problem, especially within healthcare.
While these issues stem from work, they can also creep into physicians’ personal lives. Constant feelings of frustration, exhaustion, and failure can bring these problems home.
It’s important that doctors and their staff recognize the signs of burnout and understand what factors may be causing them. This will help determine ways that they can alleviate their work stress and what needs to change so that they can feel more positive toward their career.
It’s also necessary that family and friends understand these signs. Doctors often don’t seek help because they think they should be the strong ones. In other words, they believe that they should be providing care rather than receiving it. But encouraging healthcare professionals to get help can influence them to seek the care that they need themselves.
Signs of Physician Burnout Sources
32.8 % report excessive fatigue - NCBI
About half of physicians plan to retire, reduce hours, or leave their position due to work burdens - Advisory Board
26% have less motivation to be careful with patient note-taking - Etactics
14% of physicians said they had made mistakes that they wouldn’t normally make - Etactics
10.5% make a “major medical error” - ACP Hospitalist
Mental fatigue causes stress that disrupts sleep, and less sleep contributes to higher levels of burnout - Etactics
Cynicism among physicians increased from 44.8% in 2014 to 51.1% in 2017 - HealthLeaders Media
Only 29% report being happy at work - AAFP
Only 42.7% of physicians reported satisfaction with work-life integration - Mayo Clinic
47% feel more easily exasperated with colleagues and staff and 35% felt easily exasperated with patients. 40% expressed their frustration in front of colleagues and staff - Advisory Board
Physicians with high burnout experience feelings of isolation, loss of belonging, and failure - NCBI
31% of physicians with burnout try reducing work hours - Medscape
20% of physicians with burnout arrive late to work - Medscape
