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. 2019 Feb 23;6(4):ofz092.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz092. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians

Priya Nori  1 , Rachel Bartash  1 , Kelsie Cowman  1 , Melissa Dackis  2 , Liise-Anne Pirofski  1   3
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Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians

Priya Nori et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Burnout is pervasive in academic medicine. We administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory and an Infectious Diseases (ID) job description survey to our ID faculty. Respondents' burnout (>50%) and job satisfaction (>90%) were each high. Although burnout may be balanced by job satisfaction, the relationship between the 2 deserves further study.

Keywords: burnout; infectious diseases specialists; job description; job satisfaction.

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