A national survey published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2012 reported that US physicians suffer more burnout than other American workers. Some 45.8% of physicians were experiencing at least 1 symptom of burnout: loss of enthusiasm for work, feelings of cynicism, and a low sense of personal accomplishment. In a Medscape's survey, general surgeons were given the same criteria, 42% responded that they were burned out. 

    General surgeons were given a list of stressors and asked to rate how important they were as a cause of burnout on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 = not at all important and 7 = extremely important. The top-rated stressors were "too many bureaucratic tasks" at 5.4, "spending too many hours at work" at 4.7… It is clear that external stressors play the major role in physician burnout. 

    The word cloud was created from the write-in responses to a question asking about important stressors. The word "patients" is most prominent, suggesting that this relationship is key in physician burnout.

    Apparently, physicians at the front line of care access are at greatest risk to BURNOUT!

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