1. A national survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon burnout and career satisfaction among neurosurgery residents
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Debraj Mukherjee, Adham M. Khalafallah, Jeremiah N. Johnson, Walavan Sivakumar, Abhishek Gami, Shravika Lam, and David Dornbos
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Male ,Multivariate analysis ,health care facilities, manpower, and services ,aMBI, abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory ,Psychological intervention ,PGY, post-graduate year ,Burnout ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Pandemic ,Burnout, Professional ,Response rate (survey) ,DP, depersonalization ,ACGME, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ,General Medicine ,Neurology ,COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019 ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,PA, personal accomplishment ,Female ,ROC, Receiver Operating Characteristics ,EE, emotional exhaustion ,Neurosurgery ,Coronavirus Infections ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,education ,Job Satisfaction ,Article ,CNS, Congress of Neurological Surgeons ,Betacoronavirus ,03 medical and health sciences ,health services administration ,Physiology (medical) ,medicine ,Humans ,AANS, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons ,Pandemics ,Career satisfaction ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Residents ,Stressor ,Internship and Residency ,COVID-19 ,PUI, patient under investigation ,United States ,CI, confidence interval ,OR, odds ratio ,Family medicine ,Surgery ,AUC, area under the Receiver Operating Characteristics curve ,Neurology (clinical) ,SD, standard deviation ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Highlights • U.S. neurosurgery residents report moderate burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Neurosurgery residents report uncertainty about future healthcare reform & earnings. • The COVID-19 pandemic may impair residents’ achievement of surgical milestones. • Burnout is associated with altered rotation or vacation schedules and lower PGY. • Career satisfaction is associated with delivery of neurosurgical patient care., The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed significant changes to resident education and workflow. However, the impact of the pandemic on U.S. neurosurgery residents has not been well characterized. We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. neurosurgery resident workflow, burnout, and career satisfaction. In 2020, a survey evaluating factors related to career satisfaction and burnout was emailed to 1,374 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) residents. Bivariate and multivariate (logistic) analyses were performed to characterize predictors of burnout and career satisfaction. 167 survey responses were received, with a response rate (12.2%) comparable to that of similar studies. Exclusion of incomplete responses yielded 111 complete responses. Most respondents were male (65.8%) and White (75.7%). Residents reported fewer work hours (67.6%) and concern that COVID-19 would impair their achievement of surgical milestones (65.8%). Burnout was identified in 29 (26.1%) respondents and career satisfaction in 82 (73.9%) respondents. In multivariate analysis, burnout was significantly associated with alterations in elective rotation/vacation schedules (p = .013) and the decision to not pursue neurosurgery again if given the choice (p
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- 2020
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