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How the Keck School of Medicine of USC is battling brain surgeon burnout<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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When it comes to workplace stress, even doctors aren\u2019t immune to its effects. For doctors training to become neurosurgeons, burnout is common, and certain workplace stressors \u2014 like unrewarding mentor relationships, difficult coworkers and not getting enough exposure to the operating room \u2014 can lead to it, according to a new study<\/a> from the Keck School of Medicine of USC<\/a>.
\nBuilding the skills needed to treat complex neurological conditions like stroke, brain tumors or spinal cord injuries requires a highly demanding, seven-year training program. The pressure of that training can sometimes lead to emotional exhaustion, an inability to connect with others or feeling unaccomplished, which are components of burnout. Understanding what factors influence burnout can be a powerful catalyst for change.
\n\u201cAs a patient, you don\u2019t want your doctor to be depressed or demoralized when they\u2019re working on you, because they\u2019re not their best self,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author Frank Attenello, MD, MS<\/a>, assistant professor of clinical neurological surgery at the Keck School. \u201cAnd as a society, we don\u2019t want to discourage people from becoming neurosurgeons, because we have a rapidly aging population in need of neurosurgeons\u2019 skills.\u201d
\nWhile research on burnout is gaining steam in many fields, not much attention has been paid to it in neurosurgery until now, Attenello explains.
\nTo better understand it, Attenello and his colleagues surveyed 346 neurosurgery residents across the United States. Using an 86-item questionnaire, the team explored everything from whether residents felt satisfied with different aspects of their training to whether they were considering quitting training or leaving medicine entirely. Burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a validated tool that has been used to measure burnout both in health care and other professions.
\nThe study, published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery, found that 81 percent of residents were satisfied with their career, but 41 percent had given serious thought to quitting neurosurgery at some point. The overall burnout rate was 67 percent \u2014 more than double the estimated rate of burnout among American workers overall. Predictors of burnout included inadequate exposure to the operating room, hostile faculty, unsatisfactory relationships with mentors and social stressors outside of work.
\n\u201cSome of the most impressive and energetic medical students enter neurosurgery,\u201d Attenello says. \u201cWhen they encounter burnout, it limits their considerable potential, both with their patient care and possibly in their academic and research achievements for the field as a whole.\u201d
\nTo help reduce the risk of burnout, Attenello and others at the Keck School have already implemented a new model for mentorship. This year, new residents in the Department of Neurological Surgery will choose their mentors, and the school will assign a backup mentor for additional support.
\n\u201cOur study provided some valuable insights to the prevalence of burnout and some of the pain points in training neurosurgeons,\u201d says study co-author Steven L. 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