A virtual resource library for the STFM 2011 presentation

Physician Burnout

  • Career Satisfaction of US Women Physicians Women physicians generally report career satisfaction, but many, if given the choice, would not become a physician again or would choose a different specialty
  • The Work Lives of Women Physicians Lack of workplace control predicted burnout in women but not in men. For those women with young children, odds of burnout were 40% less when support of colleagues, spouse, or significant other for balancing work and home issues was present
  • Women in medicine -- Stresses and solutions "Female physicians experience all the stressors that their male colleagues face, but deal with additional stressors unique to them" -- A rare academic article in that it offers advice and solutions.