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Association of Work Control With Burnout and Career Intentions Among U.S. Physicians: A Multi-institution Study
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The bottom line
Control over one's schedule, workload, and team composition was independently associated with lower burnout and weaker intent to reduce hours or leave across 19 medical centers — and hiring input was the domain physicians most lacked. Expanding clinician influence over these decisions is therefore a promising candidate for retention pilots, though this cross-sectional design cannot show that granting control improves retention. Anesthesia-specific effects are inferred rather than shown.
What the source found
Surveyed >2,100 physicians across 19 medical centers (Nov 2022–Dec 2023) using a multicomponent measure of work control; poor control over clinical schedule, workload, patient load, or team composition was independently associated with higher burnout and intent to reduce hours or leave; 74.6% had adequate schedule influence (highest domain) vs 49% for hiring input.
Limitations and applicability
Cross-sectional; physician general population, not anesthesia-specific; self-reported control and burnout; academic/non-academic mix may not represent all practices.
Population and setting
U.S. physicians across 5 academic and 14 non-academic medical centers
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About this evidence
Research question / practical issue
How does this source inform Leadership, Culture, and Fairness and Retention and the Anesthesia Workforce and Understanding Anesthesia Burnout for the population it studied?
Study design, evidence tier, and source class
Peer Reviewed Cross Sectional Survey · primary source · evidence tier 1
Source type: Peer Reviewed Cross Sectional Survey · primary · Evidence tier 1
Topics: Leadership, Culture, and Fairness, Retention and the Anesthesia Workforce, Understanding Anesthesia Burnout
Audience: Anesthesiologists, CRNAs, Department Leaders