TY - JOUR
T1 - Fellows in Training Wellness in Allergy and Immunology
T2 - AAAAI Workgroup Report
AU - Sharma, Hemant
AU - Nanda, Anil
AU - Bingemann, Theresa A.
AU - Khan, David A.
AU - Sussman, James
AU - Kalman, Denise
AU - Mosnaim, Giselle
N1 - Funding Information:
This report was funded by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - Physician health and wellness can be negatively affected by burnout, which in turn can lead to multiple potential professional and personal issues. Burnout issues can start in medical school and progress during residency and fellowship, and throughout a physician's career. A previous survey of allergists and immunologists reported a burnout rate of 35%. However, there are currently few data regarding health and wellness specifically for fellows-in-training (FIT) in allergy and immunology. This workgroup report was developed to assess health and wellness among FIT in our specialty. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology electronically distributed an anonymous questionnaire using the validated mini-Z survey to a total of 388 allergy and immunology FIT. In addition to the mini-Z items, the survey queried personal and professional demographic characteristics and included open-ended wellness questions. A total of 82 FIT completed the survey, yielding a 24% response rate. The burnout rate was 39%, which is lower than the national average among US physicians. Overall job satisfaction was 82%, and 72% reported satisfactory or better control over workload. Our results identify FIT-specific concerns in our specialty that can be used to develop tailored interventions to improve wellness and minimize burnout among this group. However, future surveys are needed to continue to address allergy and immunology FIT-specific wellness challenges.
AB - Physician health and wellness can be negatively affected by burnout, which in turn can lead to multiple potential professional and personal issues. Burnout issues can start in medical school and progress during residency and fellowship, and throughout a physician's career. A previous survey of allergists and immunologists reported a burnout rate of 35%. However, there are currently few data regarding health and wellness specifically for fellows-in-training (FIT) in allergy and immunology. This workgroup report was developed to assess health and wellness among FIT in our specialty. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology electronically distributed an anonymous questionnaire using the validated mini-Z survey to a total of 388 allergy and immunology FIT. In addition to the mini-Z items, the survey queried personal and professional demographic characteristics and included open-ended wellness questions. A total of 82 FIT completed the survey, yielding a 24% response rate. The burnout rate was 39%, which is lower than the national average among US physicians. Overall job satisfaction was 82%, and 72% reported satisfactory or better control over workload. Our results identify FIT-specific concerns in our specialty that can be used to develop tailored interventions to improve wellness and minimize burnout among this group. However, future surveys are needed to continue to address allergy and immunology FIT-specific wellness challenges.
KW - AAAAI
KW - Allergy and immunology
KW - Burnout
KW - COVID-19
KW - Education
KW - Fellows-in-training
KW - Health
KW - Stress
KW - Wellness
KW - Work group
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.037
DO - 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.037
M3 - Article
C2 - 36207275
AN - SCOPUS:85140207452
SN - 2213-2198
VL - 10
SP - 2868
EP - 2874
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
IS - 11
ER -