Impact of work pressure and occupational burnout on the core competence of resident physicians under the background of increased workload
Shen Yuze
Qian Yandan
Pan Qi
Pan Ruibo
Chen Qiaozhen
Abstract：Objective To explore the impact of clinical work pressure and occupational burnout on the six core competencies of resident physicians.Methods Online questionnaires were issued to collect general information,occupational burnout level,and six core competencies on professionalism,professional ability,patient management,communication and cooperation,teaching skill,and learning to enhance capability of resident physicians before and after the increase of workload.Changes in the six core competencies of resident physicians were compared under the background of increased workload and their related factors were analyzed.Results After experiencing an increase in clinical workload for one month,the other five core competencies of resident physicians except for professionalism were significantly improved(P<0.05).Resident physicians who worked 50～59 hours per week showed greater improvement in patient management,communication and collaboration,and learning to enhance capability compared with those who worked 60 hours per week(P<0.05).The degree of occupational burnout was negatively correlated with the improvement of communication and cooperation and learning to enhance capability(P<0.05).Conclusion The increase in clinical work pressure has a positive impact on the competency enhancement of resident physicians.Moderate working hours can help enhance competence,but excessively long weekly working hours and high levels of occupational burnout may hinder the improvement of core competencies of resident physicians.
Keywords：work loadworking pressureoccupational burnoutstandardized residency trainingcompetency
Publication Date：2025-01-19
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 5-9 )