Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians.

Authors :: Nori P
Bartash R
Cowman K
Dackis M
Pirofski LA
Source :: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2019 Feb 23; Vol. 6 (4), pp. ofz092. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 23 (Print Publication: 2019).
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Burnout is pervasive in academic medicine. We administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory and an Infectious Diseases (ID) job description survey to our ID faculty. Respondents' burnout (>50%) and job satisfaction (>90%) were each high. Although burnout may be balanced by job satisfaction, the relationship between the 2 deserves further study.

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