title: What factors promote resilience and protect against burnout in first-year pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents?
abstract: Burnout has high costs for pediatricians and their patients. There is increasing interest in educational interventions to promote resilience and minimize burnout among pediatric trainees. This study tested a conceptual model of factors that might promote resilience and protect against burnout, and which could serve as targets for addressing burnout in pediatric residents. Questionnaires were administered in a cross-sectional survey of (n = 45) first-year pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents. A minority (40%) of residents met one or more criteria for burnout. Physician empathy and emotional intelligence were not significantly correlated with burnout or resilience. Self-compassion and mindfulness were positively associated with resilience and inversely associated with burnout. Thus many residents in this sample endorsed burnout; mindfulness and self-compassion were associated with resilience and may promote resilience and protect against burnout in these trainees. Future studies should explore the impact of training in mindfulness and self-compassion in pediatric trainees.
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Kayloni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Kathi J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kemper
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA john.mahan@nationwidechildrens.org.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mahan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064866:Mindfulness; D010372:Pediatrics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: burnout; empathy; mindfulness; residents; resilience; training