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.
Highlights
IntroductionWe administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory and an Infectious Diseases (ID) job description survey to our ID faculty
Our study shows that 53% of Infectious Diseases (ID) faculty reported burnout
These results suggest that burnout is prevalent in ID, there is a substantial sense of accomplishment across multiple job-specific roles
Summary
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. Physician burnout is defined as (1) emotional exhaustion, (2) depersonalization, and (3) doubts about competence, accomplishment, and the value of one’s work [1,2,3,4]. Physicians experiencing burnout are more likely to report medical errors and receive lower patient-satisfaction scores [5]. Many respondents had high scores on emotional exhaustion (43.5%) and depersonalization (40.3%), the vast majority reported high personal accomplishment (91.8%) using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The Bronx remains an epicenter of opioid addiction, human immunodeficiency virus, and hepatitis C [8, 9] Physicians practicing in such environments are at high risk of exhaustion [5]. We were compelled to evaluate burnout among our ID faculty, ID-specific factors affecting both burnout and career satisfaction
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