Burnout

DID YOU KNOW??

Australian doctors have higher rates of burnout and more attempts at suicide than the general Australian population? 

📚 In a study by Hoffman and Bonney, they determined that the cause of burnout among doctors is multifactorial. They identified three key causes based on doctors’ responses to their interviews.

✅Expectations of self: most junior doctors felt anxious when working independently because they were concerned with their ability and level of competence for their current work. 
✅Expectations and response of others: junior doctors had an overall feeling that they were not supported enough by their seniors.  
✅Self-care: achieving a good work-life balance was identified as important but difficult to achieve for most junior doctors. 

When doctors experience burnout, it has an impact on themselves, their patients and the workforce. 

Are you a doctor and can you relate to these causes? Or do you work in a different field but also experience the same causes of burnout?