Although doctors have a professional responsibility to be at their best,1 the wider profession and healthcare organisations urgently need to assume a greater responsibility for burnout. burnout is a work related hazard that is prevalent among those working in people oriented professions such as. The american academy of family physicians (aafp) is concerned about the high rates of professional burnout among physicians in the united states. this subject is important to the aafp because. Burnout among health professionals and its effect on patient safety as this type of study cannot determine whether burnout causes higher mortality, or working in a setting with higher mortality causes burnout. a survey of 3896 mayo clinic physicians found that 40% reported at least one symptom of burnout, and that burnout rates were.
According to the surveys' ratings, physicians attributed to the main cause of their burnout to "too many bureaucratic tasks" at 4.8 out of a 7-point scale, "spending too many hours at work" at 4.1. Burnout among u.s. doctors is getting worse, according to a study that shows physicians are worse off today than just three years earlier. mayo clinic researchers, working with the american. Results of the national online survey completed by 2,547 physicians and 400 medical residents found reported rates of burnout and depression were higher among residents than practising physicians.