title: [Workload, burnout and need to recover among female residents in internal medicine and family medicine].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Israeli medical residents' workload in hospitals is enormous, especially in the internaL wards, due to a severe lack of manpower and the demand to carry out many shifts. The workload of residents who practice in the community is rising as well: family physicians are required to achieve quality objectives in treating chronic diseases while the time dedicated to each patient is shortening. Creating a family usually parallels to this phase, causing home-work conflict among the residents. Consequently, the residents are Liable to develop burnout during their internship.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Quantification and characterization of the need to recover from workload among internal ward resident mothers with young children, compared to family medicine resident mothers with young children, and to investigate the relation between workload and the development of burnout in those groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted comparing 30 female internal ward residents with young children to 38 female family medicine residents with young children, by using workload, burnout, sleep quality and need to recover questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although the workload reported by female internal ward residents was higher than that reported by family medicine residents [p < 0.01, t = 2.73), no differences were found in the need for recovery and the extent of the burnout. Positive correlations were found between the workload and the burnout (p < 0.05, r = 0.30), the workload and the need for recovery (p < 0.001, r = 0.58) and between the burnout and the need for recovery (p < 0.001, r = 0.67].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It seems that both groups are equally burned-out and need to recover after work. Our article calls for improvement of working conditions in both residencies.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Medicine Department, Rehovot, Clalit Health Fund. ayelet.bar.ilan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ayelet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barilan
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haimov
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doplet
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matnick
authors.forename: Shlomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinker
authors.forename: Eliezer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kitai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007557:Israel; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*