Women, mid-career and those clocking long hours are most likely to report being worn-out...

WASHINGTON (Mar 28, 2020) - More than 1 out of 3 heart doctors in the U.S. report feeling burned out, according to results of a new survey presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.20/WCC).

“More than a third of cardiologists reported being burned out and nearly 44% were stressed, and this is alarming,” said Laxmi Mehta, MD, director of preventative cardiology and women’s cardiovascular health at Ohio State University and the study’s lead author. “Not only can burnout affect the quality of care they provide to patients, it also has many other negative personal and professional ramifications.”

Supporting clinician wellness by providing potential solutions to alleviate some of the job pressures associated with burnout has become a strategic priority for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Mehta, who serves as chair of the ACC Membership Committee’s Clinician Well-being Workgroup, said. The current survey was developed after several add-on questions specific to burnout were included on the ACC’s most recent Professional Life Survey and revealed that roughly one-quarter of cardiologists reported burnout in 2015. Mehta and her team wanted to dig deeper and launched a survey focused solely on this issue to gauge how common stress and burnout are, explore whether certain cardiologists are more likely to experience symptoms and identify what might be exacerbating these feelings.

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