SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Systemic Factors Associated With Physician Burnout Among Hospitalists: An Anonymous Survey Study

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This anonymous survey study examined systemic factors associated with physician burnout, professional fulfillment, and resilience among hospitalists in a large New York health system during the COVID-19 era. The goal was to identify modifiable workplace factors, such as schedule predictability, leadership approachability, and electronic health record (EHR) efficiency, that may influence burnout and well-being.<br /><br />A voluntary email survey was sent to all hospitalists between November 3 and November 24, 2020. Sixty-six hospitalists responded. Most respondents were ages 30–39, married or in a domestic partnership, and female. Nearly half of respondents (46.97%) reported low EHR efficiency, 22.73% reported low satisfaction with schedule predictability, and 12.12% reported low satisfaction with leadership approachability. Low job satisfaction was reported by 10.61%.<br /><br />Key findings showed that satisfaction with schedule predictability was associated with higher personal accomplishment, professional fulfillment, and resilience. Satisfaction with leadership approachability had the strongest and broadest association: it was linked to lower emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and work exhaustion, as well as higher personal accomplishment and professional fulfillment. Satisfaction with EHR efficiency was only associated with increased resilience.<br /><br />The authors concluded that schedule flexibility and approachable leadership play important roles in reducing burnout and improving professional fulfillment among hospitalists. They suggest that future efforts to reduce moral distress and physician burnout should focus on system-level interventions rather than individual coping alone.

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Sonia George

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Author List John Raimo, Linda M. Kurian, Liron Sinvani, Sean P. Lavine MD, Sonia George, Stephanie Izard

Category Research

Concept Physician Burnout

Concept Career Fulfillment

Concept Resilience

Concept Emotional Exhaustion

Concept Workplace Factors

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Presenting Author Sonia George

Track Value in Hospital Medicine

Keywords

physician burnout

hospitalists

professional fulfillment

resilience

schedule predictability

leadership approachability

EHR efficiency

COVID-19 era

workplace factors

system-level interventions

Physician Burnout

Career Fulfillment

Resilience

Emotional Exhaustion

Workplace Factors