DFM Research Seminar: Correlation Between Family Physician Burnout and Scope of Practice

DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE
RESEARCH SEMINARS
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018, 12-1 PM
You are invited to our UW Department of Family Medicine’s monthly Research Seminar Series.  We welcome all learners, faculty, and staff.  Feel free to bring your lunch.  Light snacks will be provided.

PRESENTERS:


AMANDA WEIDNER, MPH
Research Scientist
Family Medicine

TOPIC:
Correlation Between Family Physician Burnout and Scope of Practice
 
DESCRIPTION:
Family physicians report some of the highest levels of professional burnout, but no work to date has considered whether burnout is correlated with the broad scope of care that family physicians may provide. We examined the associations between family physician scope of practice and self-reported burnout using data from a national survey of recent Family Medicine residency graduates. For these early career family physicians, those with a broader scope of practice –inpatient, obstetrics, home visits, a greater variety of procedures and/or content areas – had lower rates of burnout.

LOCATION:
Roosevelt 1 building, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 308, Conference Room 357