He ‘burn out’ It is not only seen in the hospital corridors, it is present in the classrooms of the medical schools. This is shown in a recent study carried out on these teachers. However, within them, there are differences, women and the racialized are the ones who suffer the most from this fatigue, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). This burn out is defined by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine of the United States as “a work syndrome characterized by high emotional exhaustiona high depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment”.
“Faculty who are women or belong to racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in Medicine have higher burnout rates and dropout compared to teachers outside of these identity groups,” they argue in this document. In fact, the conclusions are clear: women had significantly more odds of experiencing burnout compared to men: “In multivariable analyses, gender remained a risk factor for both personal and work-related burnout, along with general work environment.”
This problem among doctors is not new and already existed before the Covid-19 pandemicalthough the study also indicates that it intensified with this health crisis that affected the conditions in which clinicians work and has “exacerbated pre-existing differences in the Gender experiences in academic medicine“. The authors explain that there has been an increased need for evidence-based interventions to support women teachers throughout their careers and monitor your experiences after the pandemic and only then can access to all available talent be guaranteed.
What causes burn out in Medicine classes?
Research has mainly focused on understanding burn out among doctors academic researchers. Regarding the reasons why the middle of the race can be the time of greatest exhaustion, several have been found, such as caregiving responsibilities, declining mentor support and increasing expectations of service and academic productivity.
“These challenges may be most acute for women teachers, who often bear the brunt of caring responsibilities and experience a phenomenon of invisibility characterized by marginalization and reduced recognition. On the contrary, mid-career is also sometimes a time of greater stability when achieve promotions to higher ranksnational reputation and broader mentoring networks,” they indicate.
Researchers also stress that understanding the differential levels of Gender burnout over time in this cohort is “particularly important” as these differences could lead to long-term disparities in the future contributions of these teachers. For this reason, they have also analyzed whether gender differences could be explained by covariates, such as race or ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identitywork hours, domestic care hours, and work environment, including personal experiences with sexual harassment in the workplace.
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