A US randomized controlled trial found significantly decreased burnout after physicians attended four modules on stress, grief and burnout in medicine¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Attending four modules on stress, grief and burnout in medicine was followed by significantly decreased levels of burnout, operationalized as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. → Sikstrom L 2019

Evidence¶

Sikstrom L 2019¶

Sikstrom L, Saikaly R, Ferguson G, Mosher PJ, Bonato S, Soklaridis S. (2019). Being there: A scoping review of grief support training in medical education. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224325

q3 · i? · review · r2

The review reports a US randomized controlled trial (cited as reference 34, Medisauskaite and Kamau) of four modules on stress, grief and burnout. It notes "significantly decreased levels of burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion and depersonalization)"; no effect size is printed.

"An RCT in the US noted significantly decreased levels of burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion and depersonalization) after attending four modules on stress, grief and burnout in medicine [34]."

Discussion¶

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