Chelsey Hoffmann, PA-C, MS, RD, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Published: December 2024
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Article Abstract
Introduction: Physician Assistant/Associate (PA) clinicians face a major learning curve when transitioning from patient provider to PA educator. Furthermore, PA educators juggle multiple responsibilities including teaching, grading, advising, mentoring, interviewing, researching, writing, and more. Recently published research has indicated that 52.4% of PA educators thought about leaving their faculty roles within the past year. To assist in the effort to prioritize faculty retention, a personal story of faculty burnout and lessons learned is shared.
Methods: Burnout and its three associated subscales are defined, while symptoms of burnout are outlined in a manner specific to the role of a PA faculty member.
Results: Drawing from the existing evidence base, suggestions are made to improve the well-being of PA educators and prevent faculty burnout or turnover.
Discussion: While being a PA faculty member is extremely rewarding, it can also be challenging, particularly for early-career PAs or those transitioning from clinical practice with no prior work experience as an educator. Strategic implementation of good habits may aid faculty members in preventing burnout and improving work-life balance.
Introduction: Physician Assistant/Associate (PA) clinicians face a major learning curve when transitioning from patient provider to PA educator. Furthermore, PA educators juggle multiple responsibilities including teaching, grading, advising, mentoring, interviewing, researching, writing, and more. Recently published research has indicated that 52.
Objective: Learning environments affect the well-being of surgical faculty and trainees. Psychological safety (PS) has been linked with learning behaviors and aspects of well-being within medicine; however, given the unique challenges inherent to the surgical learning environment, there is a need to more closely examine these concepts for surgical faculty and trainees. The objective of this study is to examine the relationships between learning environment and PS, as well as PS and well-being with surgery.
The burnout syndrome has been in the focus of occupational health experts for several decades, and a new diagnostic tool - Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23) - has given a strong impetus to its research. The tool is designed to self-assess four core dimensions of the burnout syndrome: chronic exhaustion, cognitive and emotional impairment at work, and mental distancing from work. However, little is known about how burnout is assessed from the perspective of a colleague.
Introduction: Although parenting is a worthwhile and joyful process, it can also cause stress, potentially leading to parental burnout. With the implementation of the three-child policy in China, more parenting hours and higher economic costs may increase the risk of parental burnout.
Objectives: This study investigated how was maternal parenting stress related to mothers' parental burnout, as well as the potential mediating effect of their marital satisfaction and the moderating effect of their socioeconomic status on this relationship.
