Laurel A Milam1, Geoffrey L Cohen2, Claudia Mueller3, Arghavan Salles4. 1. Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, Missouri. 2. Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, California. 3. Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California. 4. Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California. Electronic address: sallesa@wustl.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Residency is a challenging time in the lives of physicians. In this study, we examined the relationship between general self-efficacy, defined as the belief in one's own capabilities in a variety of situations, and burnout and psychological well-being in a sample of surgical residents. DESIGN: In the context of a larger study, a cross-sectional survey was administered to residents. The survey included measures of general self-efficacy, the emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment domains of burnout, and general psychological well-being. We examined correlations between self-efficacy and these well-being outcomes and used multivariable linear regression models that controlled for age, gender, postgraduate year, ethnicity, and the interaction between gender and self-efficacy. SETTING: We surveyed residents at Stanford Health Care, a tertiary care center, between the fall of 2010 and the spring of 2013. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and seventy nine residents from 9 surgical subspecialties responded to the survey for a response rate of 76%. RESULTS: Residents reported high levels of self-efficacy, and over a third reported high emotional exhaustion. Eighty-nine percent of residents had average or high personal accomplishment. In adjusted regression analyses, general self-efficacy was negatively predictive of emotional exhaustion (B = -0.43, p = 0.0127) and positively predictive of personal accomplishment (B = 0.33, p = 0.0185) and general psychological well-being (B = 0.34, p = 0.0010). There was no interaction between gender and general self-efficacy in regression analyses (ps ≥ 0.6776). CONCLUSIONS: Among other factors, self-efficacy appears to be significantly predictive of resident well-being. High self-efficacy suggests that residents feel prepared and capable. Interventions to improve residents' general self-efficacy should be explored as a possible mechanism to improve well-being.
OBJECTIVE: Residency is a challenging time in the lives of physicians. In this study, we examined the relationship between general self-efficacy, defined as the belief in one's own capabilities in a variety of situations, and burnout and psychological well-being in a sample of surgical residents. DESIGN: In the context of a larger study, a cross-sectional survey was administered to residents. The survey included measures of general self-efficacy, the emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment domains of burnout, and general psychological well-being. We examined correlations between self-efficacy and these well-being outcomes and used multivariable linear regression models that controlled for age, gender, postgraduate year, ethnicity, and the interaction between gender and self-efficacy. SETTING: We surveyed residents at Stanford Health Care, a tertiary care center, between the fall of 2010 and the spring of 2013. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and seventy nine residents from 9 surgical subspecialties responded to the survey for a response rate of 76%. RESULTS: Residents reported high levels of self-efficacy, and over a third reported high emotional exhaustion. Eighty-nine percent of residents had average or high personal accomplishment. In adjusted regression analyses, general self-efficacy was negatively predictive of emotional exhaustion (B = -0.43, p = 0.0127) and positively predictive of personal accomplishment (B = 0.33, p = 0.0185) and general psychological well-being (B = 0.34, p = 0.0010). There was no interaction between gender and general self-efficacy in regression analyses (ps ≥ 0.6776). CONCLUSIONS: Among other factors, self-efficacy appears to be significantly predictive of resident well-being. High self-efficacy suggests that residents feel prepared and capable. Interventions to improve residents' general self-efficacy should be explored as a possible mechanism to improve well-being.
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