Researchers at Mayo Clinic reviewed 54 burnout studies worldwide to see if there is any validity to the longstanding belief that practicing in the hospital incites greater burnout. The studies included data from more than 5,000 outpatient physicians and more than 1,300 inpatient physicians.
"Burnout is everywhere and if you look for it you'll find it," says Daniel Roberts, M.D., an Internal Medicine physician at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona and lead author of the study. "What this study tells us is that it is as much a problem for clinic-based doctors as it is for hospitalists and others who work in shifts. It's a little reassuring to find that hospitalists aren't particularly prone, but it's more concerning how burnout spans different specialties and practice locations."
Reference:
Burnout in inpatient-based versus outpatient-based physicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Daniel L. Roberts et al. Journal of Hospital Medicine Vol 8 Issue 11.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.2093/abstract
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