Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network
A multisite research team proposed a survey to assess burnout among healthcare epidemiologists. Anonymous surveys were disseminated to eligible staff at SRN facilities. Half of the respondents were experiencing burnout. Staffing shortages were a key stressor. Allowing healthcare epidemiologists to p...
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| author | Tucker John Guy Smith Rachel Pryor Susy S. Hota Sarah D. Haessler Valerie M. Deloney Gonzalo Bearman |
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| description | A multisite research team proposed a survey to assess burnout among healthcare epidemiologists. Anonymous surveys were disseminated to eligible staff at SRN facilities. Half of the respondents were experiencing burnout. Staffing shortages were a key stressor. Allowing healthcare epidemiologists to provide guidance without directly enforcing policies may improve burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0c45bbcddfe48438db1ccba959f1c792023-03-17T09:02:50ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2023-01-01310.1017/ash.2023.124Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research NetworkTucker John Guy Smith0Rachel Pryor1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9567-8778Susy S. Hota2Sarah D. Haessler3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-8641Valerie M. Deloney4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9206-2465Gonzalo Bearman5Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesHospital Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, United States North Hospital, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School–Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts, United StatesSociety for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, Virginia, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United StatesA multisite research team proposed a survey to assess burnout among healthcare epidemiologists. Anonymous surveys were disseminated to eligible staff at SRN facilities. Half of the respondents were experiencing burnout. Staffing shortages were a key stressor. Allowing healthcare epidemiologists to provide guidance without directly enforcing policies may improve burnout.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23001249/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Tucker John Guy Smith Rachel Pryor Susy S. Hota Sarah D. Haessler Valerie M. Deloney Gonzalo Bearman Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| title | Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network |
| title_full | Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network |
| title_fullStr | Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network |
| title_short | Characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of the SHEA Research Network |
| title_sort | characterizing burnout among healthcare epidemiologists in the early phases of the covid 19 pandemic a study of the shea research network |
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