BC Advantage - 2023 Issue 1

Burnout: A Threat to Our Healthcare System?

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated a substantial increase in the workload of healthcare professionals, leading to physical and mental distress among professionals, resulting in an increase in burnout.Burnout is defined as a work-related syndrome that affects normal life. It is caused by a prolonged response to chronic interpersonal stressors at work. According to an article in the National Library of Medicine entitled, “Job Burnout,” burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy.A vicious cycle...

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