Kevin Parks MD@kparksmd Physician wellness session. Brain health has been on my mind. A few points made so far... Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among medical students. 400 US physicians die by suicide/year. Looking forward to retirement is not an acceptable mental health plan.
Specialty most likely to report feeling happiest outside of work? Allergy/Immunology.
Primary care physicians spend more time interfacing with their EMR than with their patients - contributing to physician burnout. Same trend reported among allergists in survey data comparing 2011 to 2014 (during period of ACA EMR implementation).
Medscape 2019 survey: 37% of allergists reported feeling either partially or totally burned out. At the top of the list of specialties - urology.
ACAAI 2017 survey Maslach burnout inventory showed burnout rates not affected by years in practice, ie older allergists NOT more likely to experience burnout compared to recently out of fellowship.
Specialty most likely to report feeling happiest outside of work? Allergy/Immunology.
Primary care physicians spend more time interfacing with their EMR than with their patients - contributing to physician burnout. Same trend reported among allergists in survey data comparing 2011 to 2014 (during period of ACA EMR implementation).
Medscape 2019 survey: 37% of allergists reported feeling either partially or totally burned out. At the top of the list of specialties - urology.
ACAAI 2017 survey Maslach burnout inventory showed burnout rates not affected by years in practice, ie older allergists NOT more likely to experience burnout compared to recently out of fellowship.