Background: In-house call (IHC) has previously been shown to result in increased burnout in acute care surgeons (ACSs). There is wide variation, however, in the implementation and culture of work surrounding IHC across trauma centers and within the demographics of practicing ACSs. We hypothesized that local work practices and culture surrounding IHC as well as sex of ACSs would impact burnout.
Methods: Continuous physiologic data were collected over 6 months from 224 ACSs who wore a fitness wearable. Acute care surgeons were sent daily surveys to record work, personal activities, and feelings of burnout. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was completed by ACSs at the beginning and end of the study period.
Results: Forty-eight (21.5%) of ACS reported being expected to complete the usual workday after IHC, 94 (42.2%) were expected to finish work from IHC, and 81 (36.3%) were expected to leave immediately after IHC was over. Acute care surgeons expected to complete a usual workday postcall were more likely to be burned out, and IHC resulted in a greater increase in their daily feelings of burnout than among ACSs who reported working in other work cultures. Females showed higher levels of daily burnout than males but no difference in the degree to which IHC led to burnout.
Conclusion: In-house call results in increased burnout in all ACSs; however, IHC had a larger impact on daily feelings of burnout in ACSs expected to work without adjustments to their work schedule postcall. Although female ACSs reported higher levels of daily burnout than male ACSs, IHC increased daily feelings of burnout equally between the two sexes. Taken together, these findings necessitate caution about work expectations surrounding IHC and suggest a need for the deliberate creation of a postcall culture for ACS.
Level Of Evidence: Prognostic and Epidemiological; Level III.
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