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Institutional Factors In General Surgery Resident Wellness And Burnout: Identification Via A Modified Delphi Technique, Darci C. Foote, Gurjit Sandhu, Kathryn Ziegler, James Lau
Institutional Factors In General Surgery Resident Wellness And Burnout: Identification Via A Modified Delphi Technique, Darci C. Foote, Gurjit Sandhu, Kathryn Ziegler, James Lau
Conference Presentation Abstracts
Background: While there has been significant focus on individual and programmatic factors impacting general surgical residents wellbeing and burnout, the effect of the greater institutional macrocosm has not been well studied. Our work seeks to identify organizational factors that may be implicated in resident wellness. Summary of Work: Using a modified Delphi technique, a survey structured around six domains of the Maslach Burnout Theory (workload, control, reward, community, fairness, values) was distributed to wellness stakeholders at two institutions. Participants identified factors that may be implicated in resident wellness and burnout. Two subsequent multiple-choice survey iterations were distributed to stakeholders who …