@article{ref1,
title="Academic faculty demonstrate higher well-being than residents: Pennsylvania anesthesiology programs' results of the 2017-2018 ACGME well-being survey",
journal="Journal of clinical anesthesia",
year="2019",
author="Adams, Phillip S. and Gordon, Emily K. B. and Berkeley, Abiona and Monroe, Brian and Eckert, Jill M. and Maldonado, Yasdet and Heitz, James W. and George, Shelley and Metro, David G.",
volume="56",
number="",
pages="60-64",
abstract="STUDY OBJECTIVE: Physician burnout and suicide are at epidemic proportions. There is very little data directly comparing resident versus faculty well-being. The 2017-2018 ACGME resident and faculty surveys mark the first time that well-being questions were included. The purpose of this study was to determine whether responses to ACGME well-being questions would differ significantly between anesthesiology residents and academic anesthesiology faculty. DESIGN: 2017-2018 ACGME well-being survey responses. SETTING: All eight Pennsylvania anesthesiology residency programs. PATIENTS: None. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS: The authors compared the 5-point Likert scale responses (1 = Never through 5 = Very Often) between residents (371/384 responses, 97%) and faculty (277/297 responses, 93%) for each of the twelve well-being questions. Responses were also dichotomized as being ≥4 versus <4 for categorical comparisons. MAIN RESULTS: Faculty responded higher than residents both by mean scores and percent of scores ≥ 4 for 6/12 questions (questions 1 (p < 0.001), 2 (p < 0.001), 4 (p < 0.001), 5 (p < 0.001), 8 (p < 0.001), and 11 (p = 0.001)). Residents responded categorically higher for question 9 (p = 0.022) although this was not considered statistically significant. Residents responded lowest for &quot;Reflected on how your work helps make the world a better place&quot; (question 1), whereas the lowest faculty responses were for questions 1, 9, and 10. Both had high responses for &quot;Had an enjoyable interaction with a patient&quot; (question 11). CONCLUSIONS: Pennsylvania academic anesthesiology faculty survey responses demonstrated a higher level of well-being compared to their residents. The variation in scoring suggests that anesthesiology residents and faculty have differing perceptions of various well-being domains. Information from well-being surveys can help provide programs with focus areas that they can intervene on to improve physician well-being.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0952-8180",
doi="10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.01.037",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.01.037"
}