SynthesisJournal of graduate medical education2017
Efficacy of Interventions to Reduce Resident Physician Burnout: A Systematic Review.
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134 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 283 citations in OpenAlex.
- Resident Physicians' Work-Related Emotional Experiences: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Research.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of strategies to prevent burnout syndrome in hospital-based healthcare personnel: an overview of systematic reviewsRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2026Pooled it
- Burnout before and during COVID: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 48 698 trainees.Medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Individual and organizational interventions to reduce burnout in resident physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Burnout among radiology residents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2024Pooled it
- Workplace interventions focusing on how to plan, organize and design the work environment in hospital settings: A systematic review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Pooled it
- Individual-level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Interventions to Increase Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities-Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Psychological Interventions with Elements of Mindfulness (PIM) on Empathy, Well-Being, and Reduction of Burnout in Physicians: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluating Wellness Interventions for Resident Physicians: A Systematic Review.Journal of graduate medical education · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce burnout of physicians and nurses: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of mindfulness-based interventions on doctors' well-being and performance: A systematic review.Medical education · 2020Pooled it
- The Role of Macrophages in Oocyte Donation Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Compulsory community treatment to reduce readmission to hospital and increase engagement with community care in people with mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2018Pooled it
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- Assessing the Impact of a Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) Intervention on Physician/Healthcare Professional Burnout: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Association of Weekly Protected Nonclinical Time With Resident Physician Burnout and Well-being.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2020Trial
- Supporting Our Trainees: How Psychiatry Faculty Can Nurture Supervisees' Well-Being.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Palliative care-led weekly debriefs in the medical Intensive Care Unit: a novel intervention to improve resident wellbeing.ATS scholar · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies report high burnout prevalence among resident physicians, with little consensus on methods to effectively reduce it.
objectiveThis systematic literature review explores the efficacy of interventions in reducing resident burnout.
methodsPubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched using these key words:
resultsOf 1294 retrieved articles, 19 (6 RCTs, 13 cohort studies) enrolling 2030 residents and examining 12 interventions met criteria, with 9 studying the 2003 and 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour restrictions. Work hour reductions were associated with score decrease (mean difference, -2.73; 95% confidence interval (CI) -4.12 to -1.34;
conclusionsThe ACGME work hour limits were associated with improvement in emotional exhaustion and burnout.
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