Author Interviews, Education, Neurology, NYU / 17.05.2019
Neurology Residents Learn to Identify Physician Burnout Through Simulation
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr. Rebecca Stainman
Dr. Arielle Kurzweil MD
Adult Neurology Program Director
New York University School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Physician burnout is prevalent. Neurologists have among the highest burnout rates, ranked third among specialties in a 2011 study, and over half of US Neurologists report at least 1 symptom of burnout in a 2016 survey. Efforts to address burnout in training programs have mostly been aimed at implementing wellness curricula and offering mental health resources.
Training neurology residents to effectively identify, address, and help impaired colleagues is equally crucial in these efforts, yet there is a paucity of literature on this topic. We used simulation as a means of addressing this topic, via identifying and addressing an impaired colleague through an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). (more…)