Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Review
Burnout and its correlates in emergency physicians: four years' experience with a wellness booth.
To measure the degree of burnout among emergency physicians (EPs) and to identify and rank predictive factors. ⋯ Elevated levels of burnout exist among a substantial percentage of surveyed EPs. However, there is evidence for a "survivor" category of practitioners for whom burnout either does not develop or is a reversible process. The projected attrition rate over 5 and 10 years appears to be no greater than that of the average medical specialty.
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To assess the reliability of faculty evaluations of non-emergency medicine (non-EM) residents during clinical ED rotations and to determine the effect that the "leniency" of grading by these evaluators had on the residents' final evaluations. ⋯ There is significant variability in the scoring patterns of individual evaluators. The evaluators in this study showed large variations in both leniency (as measured by their mean score) and range restriction (as measured by their SD). The differences in evaluator scoring leniency have a moderate correlation with the overall score received by the resident.
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Comparative Study
The psychological effects of a four-week emergency medicine rotation on residents in training.
To prospectively evaluate psychological stress reactions among residents in an emergency medicine (EM) rotation during a 4-week period. ⋯ A significant increase in psychologic distress was found among the non-EM residents during an EM rotation. The EM residents showed a trend for a decrease in psychological distress over the same 4-week period.