Exploring the relationship between burnout and grit during general surgery residency: A longitudinal, single-institution analysis

How burnout changes during general surgery residency remains unknown. From 2015 to 2018, general surgery residents completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Grit Scale. Statistical analyses were adjusted for repeated measures and compared to the incoming intern level. Fifty-five residents particip...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2020-02, Vol.219 (2), p.322-327
Main Authors: Cortez, Alexander R., Winer, Leah K., Kassam, Al-Faraaz, Hanseman, Dennis J., Kuethe, Joshua W., Sussman, Jeffrey J., Quillin, R. Cutler
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers
Burnout
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Depersonalization
Education, Medical, Graduate - methods
Exhaustion
Female
General Surgery - education
Grit
Humans
Incidence
Internship and Residency - methods
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Participation
Quality of Life
Regression analysis
Resilience, Psychological
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surgery
Surgical education
Surgical residency
Surveys and Questionnaires
Variance analysis
Wellbeing
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Summary:How burnout changes during general surgery residency remains unknown. From 2015 to 2018, general surgery residents completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Grit Scale. Statistical analyses were adjusted for repeated measures and compared to the incoming intern level. Fifty-five residents participated in this study. Burnout rates varied by program level, with an increased risk occuring in the third clinical year (OR = 11.7, p = 0.03). Emotional exhaustion (EE) peaked during the first and third clinical years, depersonalization (DP) peaked during the first and second clinical years, and personal achievement (PA) reached a nadir during the third clinical year (all p 
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.09.041