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Mark Linzer, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(10):927-928.

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Academic medicine is stressful, and as economic changes make it imperative to cover faculty physicians' salaries completely, it is getting more stressful. A long-term consequence of job stress is burnout, and numerous studies have confirmed that there is an alarming prevalence of burnout in academic and nonacademic settings.^1-5 The human, educational, and patient care consequences of burnout in academia are not fully known, but in this issue of the Archives, Shanafelt et al⁶ offer new insights into what we can do to prevent it. And that is good news.

What do we know about burnout? It comprises 3 dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of lack of personal accomplishment. Physicians are prime candidates for burnout. We tend to be hard working and to have high standards, and we are frequently perfectionistic.We also delay gratification, sometimes for many years.⁷ Burnout is more common among women physicians . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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