Burnout in residents
With physician burnout rate reporting as high as 76 percent, more research is conducted on the development of burnout in physicians. Nonetheless, studies revealed that it is residents, especially in the early years of training, that are particularly vulnerable to burnout. It is therefore of no surprise that the burnout rate in residents is up to 75 percent, and that 10 percent of residents drop out at some point during their training. However, despite these numbers, no guidelines or strategies have been created towards the prevention of burnout in residents.
This line of research aims at the evaluation of causal factors, objective measuring methods and possible preventive strategies.