title: Burnout, empathy and their relationships: a qualitative study with residents in General Medicine.
abstract: Some studies have shown that burnout may have a negative impact on clinical empathy during internship. However, clinical empathy may also be a protective factor, preventing residents from experiencing burnout. Although several quantitative studies have been conducted to examine these relationships between burnout and empathy, no qualitative studies have been carried out. To examine how residents in general practice evaluate the link between burnout and empathy, 24 of them participated in a semi-structured interview. A thematic analysis was carried out to examine residents' discourses and answers to closed questions. The results indicated that residents thought that empathy and burnout were clearly related in different ways. They identified five types of relationship: regulation strategy, empathy as protection, psychological balance/imbalance, fatigue and moderating factors.
authors.affiliation: a General Medecine Department , Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.affiliation: a General Medecine Department , Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catu-Pinault
authors.affiliation: b Laboratoire Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé , Institut Universitaire de Psychologie de Paris Descartes, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boujut
authors.affiliation: c Laboratoire Adaptation Travail Individu , Institut Universitaire de Psychologie de Paris Descartes, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris cité-Sorbonne, 71 avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.affiliation: a General Medecine Department , Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaury
authors.affiliation: c Laboratoire Adaptation Travail Individu , Institut Universitaire de Psychologie de Paris Descartes, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris cité-Sorbonne, 71 avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zenasni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D065840:Protective Factors; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012306:Risk; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: burnout; compassion; empathy; residents