Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] In 2007, the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine created the Program on Physician Well-Being (PPWB) to better understand the entire spectrum of personal, professional, and organizational factors that influence physician well-being. This effort was led by Tait Shanafelt, MD, Lotte Dyrbye, MD, and Colin West, MD, PhD. The program spanned across disciplines, including medicine, psychology, and health science research. In the first few years, the focus of the PPWB was on establishing the epidemiology of burnout and distress. Based on institutional and national survey studies, it became evident that burnout is highly prevalent among physicians across all specialties. The drivers vary from practice to practice, but include excessive workload, inadequate support at work, work-home conflicts, loss of control, and diminished meaning and purpose from work. [To read more, click View Resource.]
