Submission ID 78249
| Code | P68 |
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| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Resident |
| Title | Assessing Self-Reported Burnout Rates Among Postgraduate Medical Education (Pgme) Trainees Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Two Medical Schools in Alberta, Canada |
| Background/Purpose | The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS MP) is validated for assessing burnout [Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Achievement (PA)] in healthcare workers. Research on resident burnout during COVID-19 shows little change from pre-COVID-19 burnout. Question was: did PGME trainees perceive different levels of stress before and during the pandemic, controlling for gender, Financial Worry, Clinical Hours Worked, Career Happiness, and Work-life Balance? |
| Methods | Study approved by both university ethics boards. Anonymous surveys were sent to Alberta PGME trainees in 2019 (pre-COVID-19), 2020/2022 (during COVID-19). The surveys included MBI-HSS MP, demographics, and potential stressors. Burnout sums were calculated. Burnout indices calculated using cut-off values (Dyrbye, 2014). MANOVA run with sum of EE, DP, PA, and Perceived-Daily Stress as dependent variables with year, gender, Clinical Hours Worked, Financial Worry, Career Happiness, and Work-life Balance as independent variables. |
| Results | MANOVA, independent variables were significant. Large effect sizes found for EE with Happy Career and Work-life Balance; medium effect sizes for DP and PA with Career Happiness, Perceived-daily Stress with Work-life Balance; adjusted R2 EE = .43, DP = .18, PA = .18, and Perceived Stress = .22. Percent burnout (EE>26) was 60.7%, 56.6%, and 74.4% in 2019, 2020, and 2022, respectively. |
| Discussion | Burnout related to perceived happiness with one's career and a feeling of work-life balance. The pandemic did not have a strong effect on burnout, controlling for other stressors. Study limitation was lower 2022 response rate. Burnout did not significantly increase because of the pandemic; the percentage of trainees with burnout was alarmingly high. |
| Keyword 1 | Burnout |
| Keyword 2 | Postgraduate Medical Educaiton |
| Keyword 3 | COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Residency Education
Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Physician & Medical Student Health and Well-being |
| Authors | Carol Hodgson Jon Osborne Janet de Groot Erica Dance Craig Ferguson Gavin Low Gillian Shiau Clair Birkman |
