Keywords:
CNS, Emergency, Professional issues, PACS, RIS, Safety, Socio-economic issues, Statistics, Quality assurance, Occupational / Environmental hazards, Education and training
Authors:
S. Türk, O. S. Karabilgin, H. Elbi, A. C. Yaman, M. Toptas, Y. C. Bekki, M. Ozlutas, M. B. Esenturk, S. Ozbek; Izmir/TR
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0950
Aims and objectives
Burnout has been described by Maslach as a condition in which professionals “lose all concern,
all emotional feeling for the people they work with,
and come to treat them in a detached or even dehumanized way” (4,
5).
Burnout has been reported in up to 75% of physicians,
especially who are exposed to high levels of work stress (8). Surveys among practitioners from family practice to internal medicine,
surgery,
and the emergency room,
show low levels of motivation,
fears of overwork,
rising caseloads,
and increased bureaucracy,
leading to burnout.
There are growing numbers leaving the profession,
suffering mental and physical health issues (1,
2). Physicians are also the highest group that commits suicide (1,
2).
According to the 2018 Medscape National Physician Burnout & Depression Report,
radiologists experience higher than average rates of both burnout and depression (2). Our aim was to find out the prevalence of burnout among residents in our institution and evaluate its relationship with possible contributing factors.