Burnout in clinicians

Aarti Chandawarkar; Juan D Chaparro

doi:10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101104

Burnout in clinicians

Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021 Nov;51(11):101104. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101104. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Authors

Aarti Chandawarkar¹, Juan D Chaparro²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Informatics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States; Section of Primary Care Pediatrics Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. Electronic address: aarti.chandawarkar@nationwidechildrens.org.
² Division of Clinical Informatics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States.

Abstract

Burnout is a response to sustained job stressors manifesting as a classic triad of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of reduced accomplishment. With 42% of physicians demonstrating some symptoms of burnout, this has already reached epidemic proportions. The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened this phenomenon.

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional* / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics
Physicians*
SARS-CoV-2