title: Principles to promote physician satisfaction and work-life balance.
abstract: Substantial evidence suggests that difficulty balancing their personal and professional life is a major contributor to physician distress. Limited evidence suggests that the mission and policies of health care organizations may relate to physician satisfaction. In this article, we describe principles to promote professional satisfaction and work-life integration developed by the Mayo Clinic department of medicine. These principles can be used to measure and align policies. It is hoped they will serve as a model that can be used by other health care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Tait D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Shanafelt
authors.forename: Colin P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Poland
authors.forename: Nicolas F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: LaRusso
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menaker
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bahn
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008910:Minnesota; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*