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