Burnout and Self-Reported Patient Care in an Internal Medicine Residency Program

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To evaluate the prevalence of burnout among internal medicine resident physicians and assess its relationship with self-reported quality of patient care.
Surveyed resident physicians within an internal medicine residency program.
Evaluated the association between resident-reported burnout levels and self-reported suboptimal patient care practices.
Burnout was highly prevalent among internal medicine resident physicians.
Higher levels of burnout showed a significant positive association with self-reported suboptimal patient care practices.

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Observational study reveals high burnout linked to suboptimal patient care in internal medicine residents, highlighting risks to patient safety.

Burnout was common among resident physicians and was associated with self-reported suboptimal patient care practices.

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Shanafelt et al. (2002) studied this question.

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