TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Academic faculty demonstrate higher well-being than residents: Pennsylvania anesthesiology programs' results of the 2017-2018 ACGME well-being survey
JO  - Journal of clinical anesthesia
A1  - Adams, Phillip S.
A1  - Gordon, Emily K. B.
A1  - Berkeley, Abiona
A1  - Monroe, Brian
A1  - Eckert, Jill M.
A1  - Maldonado, Yasdet
A1  - Heitz, James W.
A1  - George, Shelley
A1  - Metro, David G.
SP  - 60
EP  - 64
VL  - 56
IS  - 
N2  - 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 "Reflected on how your work helps make the world a better place" (question 1), whereas the lowest faculty responses were for questions 1, 9, and 10. Both had high responses for "Had an enjoyable interaction with a patient" (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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0952-8180
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.01.037
ID  - ref1
ER  -