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A Survey Of Resilience, Burnout, And Tolerance Of Uncertainty In Australian General Practice Registrars, Georga Cooke, Jenny Doust, Michael Steele
A Survey Of Resilience, Burnout, And Tolerance Of Uncertainty In Australian General Practice Registrars, Georga Cooke, Jenny Doust, Michael Steele
Jenny Doust
Burnout and intolerance of uncertainty have been linked to low job satisfaction and lower quality patient care. While resilience is related to these concepts, no study has examined these three concepts in a cohort of doctors. The objective of this study was to measure resilience, burnout, compassion satisfaction, personal meaning in patient care and intolerance of uncertainty in Australian general practice (GP) registrars. Methods: We conducted a paper-based cross-sectional survey of GP registrars in Australia from June to July 2010, recruited from a newsletter item or registrar education events. Survey measures included the Resilience Scale-14, a single-item scale for burnout, …