ArticleAEM education and training2022
"Going through the motions": A qualitative exploration of the impact of emergency medicine resident burnout on patient care.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions to reduce burnout in emergency medicine: a national inventory of the Canadian experience to support global implementation of wellness initiatives.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Insights from older adults in North Carolina: Understanding social determinants of health through focus groups.Journal of health equity · 2026Article
- Physicians' experiences of the process leading to their sick leave for exhaustion disorder in Sweden: a narrative design.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Gender, Race, and Training Year on Internal Medicine Residents' Experiences Across the United States.The Permanente journal · 2024Article
- Psychological safety and perceived organizational support in emergency medicine residencies.AEM education and training · 2024Article
- Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Medicine: Current Perspectives.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2024Review
- "Going through the motions": A qualitative exploration of the impact of emergency medicine resident burnout on patient care.AEM education and training · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Burnout occurs frequently in emergency medicine (EM) residents and has been shown to have a negative impact on patient care. The specific effects of burnout on patient care are less well understood. This study qualitatively explores how burnout may change the way EM residents provide patient care. Methods: Qualitative data were obtained from a sample of 29 EM residents in four semistructured focus groups across four institutions in the United States in early 2019. Transcripts were coded and organized into major patient care themes. Results: Residents described many ways in which feelings of burnout negatively impacted patient care. These detrimental effects most often fit into one of four main themes: reduced motivation to care for patients, poor communication with patients, difficult interactions with health care colleagues, and impaired decision making. Conclusions: According to EM residents, burnout negatively impacts several important aspects of patient care. Resident engagement with clinical care, communication with patients and colleagues, and clinical care may suffer as a result of burnout.
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