Burnout

What is Burnout?

Burnout can be physical, emotional or mental exhaustion caused by long-term in situations that are emotionally taxing or demanding. It can be caused by both internal and external factors.

Below are some resources to find out more about burnout and methods of dealing with this:

• Prevalence of burnout among Irish general practitioners: A cross sectional study
• Stress burnout and strategies for reducing them
• If every fifth physician is affected by burnout, what about the other four?
• Does burnout among doctors affect their involvement in patients mental health problems?
• Burnout and medical error
• Burnout among Slovenian family medicine trainees