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Finding the sweet spot: Developing, implementing and evaluating a burn out and compassion fatigue intervention for third year medical trainees

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  • Tucker, Tara
  • Bouvette, Maryse
  • Daly, Shauna
  • Grassau, Pamela

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Medical trainees are at high risk for developing burnout. Introducing trainees to the risks of burnout and supporting identification and proactive responses to their ‘warning’ signs of compassion fatigue (CF) is critical in building resiliency. The authors developed and evaluated a burnout and CF program for third year trainees at a Canadian Medical School. Of 165 medical trainees who participated in the burnout and CF program, 59 (36%) provided evaluation and feedback of the program and its impact throughout their year. Participation included self-utilization of a validated CF and burnout tool (ProQOL) across three time-points, workshop feedback, and focus group participation. Results highlighted the importance of 1) Recognizing Individual Signs & Symptoms of Stress, CF and Burnout; 2) Normalizing Stress, CF and Burnout for Students and Physicians; 3) Learning to Manage One’s Own Stress. A decrease in compassion satisfaction and increase in burnout between beginning and end of third year were found. Further outcomes highlighted the importance of learning, living and surviving CF and burnout in clerkship. Emergent theory reveals the important responsibility educators have to integrate CF and burnout programs into ‘the sweet spot’ that third year offers, as trainees shift from theoretical to experiential practice as future clinicians.

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  • Tucker, Tara & Bouvette, Maryse & Daly, Shauna & Grassau, Pamela, 2017. "Finding the sweet spot: Developing, implementing and evaluating a burn out and compassion fatigue intervention for third year medical trainees," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 106-112.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:65:y:2017:i:c:p:106-112
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.07.006
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