Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians

James C Puffer; H Clifton Knight; Thomas R O'Neill; Monee Rassolian; Andrew W Bazemore; Lars E Peterson; Elizabeth G Baxley

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160295

Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians

J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Mar-Apr;30(2):125-126. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160295.

Authors

James C Puffer¹, H Clifton Knight², Thomas R O'Neill², Monee Rassolian², Andrew W Bazemore², Lars E Peterson², Elizabeth G Baxley²

Affiliations

¹ From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (JCP, TRO, LEP); the American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (HCK); the McLaren Flint Family Medicine Residency, Michigan State University, Flint (MR); the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB); and Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greeneville, NC (EGB). jpuffer@theabfm.org.
² From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (JCP, TRO, LEP); the American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (HCK); the McLaren Flint Family Medicine Residency, Michigan State University, Flint (MR); the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB); and Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greeneville, NC (EGB).

PMID: 28379817
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160295

Abstract

Physician burnout has become a critical issue in a rapidly changing health care environment and is reported to be increasing. However, little is known about the prevalence of this problem among board-certified family physicians. Using an abbreviated burnout survey, we found a lower prevalence of this problem than has been previously reported.

Keywords: Burnout; Family; Prevalence; Surveys and Questionnaires; Professional; Physicians.

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional / epidemiology*
Family Practice / organization & administration*
Humans
Job Satisfaction*
Licensure
Physicians, Family / psychology*
Prevalence
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States / epidemiology