PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anna Baverstock
AU  - James Coulston
AU  - Mark Dayer
TI  - A cross-sectional audit of the risk of burnout among senior medical staff in a UK district general hospital
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0161
DP  - 2020 Mar 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 203--207
VI  - 20
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/2/203.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/2/203.full
SO  - Clin Med2020 Mar 01; 20
AB  - Objective The objective was to assess burnout in senior hospital doctors (consultants and staff grade, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors) within a UK-based NHS district general hospital (DGH).Method A web-based survey was created using the validated abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI) with consultants and SAS doctors in a DGH.Primary and secondary outcome measures We measured scores on aMBI subscales: depersonalisation, emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment and efficacy.Results One-hundred and seventy-eight senior clinicians (60% of consultant and SAS doctors) completed the survey with 85% of these being substantive consultants. Forty-nine per cent of senior clinicians were found to be at high risk of burnout using metrics from the aMBI.Conclusions Burnout is prevalent among senior clinicians at this DGH.