JUNE 27, 2018

GI Fellows Attribute Burnout To Long Workdays, EHR Duties

Long workdays, extended hours and the stress of working with electronic health records contribute to burnout among gastroenterology fellows, results of a new survey show.

Intrigued by a 2017 Medscape survey that reported 50% of gastroenterologists experience burnout, with an average severity of 4 on a scale of 1 to 7, Aslam Syed, MD, and his colleagues at the Allegheny Health Network, in Pittsburgh, noticed there were limited data on burnout levels in GI fellows.

Using a 30-question survey, the