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Review
. 2019 Mar;20(2):278-290.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.39665. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Assessment of Physician Well-being, Part One: Burnout and Other Negative States

Michelle D Lall  1 , Theodore J Gaeta  2 , Arlene S Chung  3 , Erin Dehon  4 , William Malcolm  1 , Adam Ross  5 , David P Way  6 , Lori Weichenthal  7 , Nadine T Himelfarb  8
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Assessment of Physician Well-being, Part One: Burnout and Other Negative States

Michelle D Lall et al. West J Emerg Med. 2019 Mar.

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Abstract

Physician well-being is a complex and multifactorial issue. A large number of tools have been developed in an attempt to measure the nature, severity, and impact of both burnout and well-being in a range of clinical populations. This two-article series provides a review of relevant tools and offers guidance to clinical mentors and researchers in choosing the appropriate instrument to suit their needs, whether assessing mentees or testing interventions in the research setting. Part One begins with a discussion of burnout and focuses on assessment tools to measure burnout and other negative states. Part Two of the series examines the assessment of well-being, coping skills, and other positive states.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.

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