The Consequences of Physician Burnout

DOI: 10.46998/IJCMCR.2021.16.000387 Perhaps one of the most underappreciated aspects of medicine is the prevalence of physician burnout. The depth and degree of burnout has significantly increased after the onset of the COVID pandemic. In the AMA’s Coping with COVID-19 for Caregivers Survey of 20,947 physicians and other healthcare workers found that 61% of those surveyed felt high fear of exposing themselves or their families to COVID-19, while 38% reported experiencing anxiety or depression. Another 43% suffered from work overload and 49% had burnout.