title: Anesthesiology residency program director burnout.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate work-related stress as well as personal factors associated with professional burnout in program directors of anesthesiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic anesthesiology department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anesthesiology residency program directors (n = 132).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-part structured, open-ended questionnaire evaluating program and respondents' demographic information, work-related stressors, assessment of control of respondent's personal life using the modified efficiency scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services survey (MBI-HSS), and assessment of spousal/significant relationship support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  100 program directors (76%) responded to the survey. Twenty respondents met the criteria for high burnout risk, and an additional 30 were at risk of developing burnout. Twenty-two directors reported the high likelihood that they would step down in one to two years. Forty-three percent who reported the high likelihood of stepping down stated they were significantly affected by job-related stressors compared with 18% who reported a lower likelihood of stepping down (P = 0.03). Program directors who scored in the high burnout risk category were more likely to report lower current job satisfaction (P < 0.005) and an increased likelihood of stepping down in the next two years (P = 0.009). Logistic regression analysis identified compliance issues, self-assessment of effectiveness, family/significant other support, perceived impact of stressful factors, and current job satisfaction as predictors of high burnout. The model had a sensitivity (95% CI) of 0.55 (0.34 to 0.74) and specificity of 0.99 (0.92 to 1.0) for predicting high burnout risk.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fifty-two percent of anesthesiology program directors are at high risk for developing burnout syndrome. Job-related stress, especially with administrative duties regarding compliance, was predictive of burnout among program directors.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors: Gildasio S
authors: GS
authors: De Oliveira
authors: Marcela D
authors: MD
authors: Almeida
authors: Shireen
authors: S
authors: Ahmad
authors: Paul C
authors: PC
authors: Fitzgerald
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology