Burnout, empathy and their relationships: a qualitative study with residents in General Medicine

Some studies have shown that burnout may have a negative impact on clinical empathy during internship. However, clinical empathy may also be a protective factor, preventing residents from experiencing burnout. Although several quantitative studies have been conducted to examine these relationships b...

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Published in:Psychology, health & medicine health & medicine, 2016-04, Vol.21 (3), p.354-361
Main Authors: Picard, Jeanne, Catu-Pinault, Annie, Boujut, Emilie, Botella, Marion, Jaury, Philippe, Zenasni, Franck
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
burnout
Burnout, Professional - psychology
compassion
Empathy
Female
General Practitioners - education
General Practitioners - psychology
General Practitioners - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internship and Residency
Male
Protective Factors
Qualitative Research
residents
Risk
Young Adult
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Summary:Some studies have shown that burnout may have a negative impact on clinical empathy during internship. However, clinical empathy may also be a protective factor, preventing residents from experiencing burnout. Although several quantitative studies have been conducted to examine these relationships between burnout and empathy, no qualitative studies have been carried out. To examine how residents in general practice evaluate the link between burnout and empathy, 24 of them participated in a semi-structured interview. A thematic analysis was carried out to examine residents' discourses and answers to closed questions. The results indicated that residents thought that empathy and burnout were clearly related in different ways. They identified five types of relationship: regulation strategy, empathy as protection, psychological balance/imbalance, fatigue and moderating factors.
ISSN:1354-8506
1465-3966
DOI:10.1080/13548506.2015.1054407