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Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians
James C Puffer1, H Clifton Knight2, Thomas R O'Neill2
1From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (JCP, TRO, LEP); the American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (HCK); the McLaren Flint Family Medicine Residency, Michigan State University, Flint (MR); the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB); and Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greeneville, NC (EGB). jpuffer@theabfm.org.
Abstract:
Physician burnout has become a critical issue in a rapidly changing health care environment and is reported to be increasing. However, little is known about the prevalence of this problem among board-certified family physicians. Using an abbreviated burnout survey, we found a lower prevalence of this problem than has been previously reported.