Burnout and Job Satisfaction in the Emergency Department Staff: A ReviewFocusing on Emergency Physicians

Training and the procedure of emergency medicine are stressful attempts that put doctors of emergencymedicine at the risk for burnout. burnout syndrome leads to negative results for patients, institutions andthe doctor. this review article was conducted with purpose of exploring burnout and its associated factorsin the emergency department staff, especially emergency physicians. emergency physicians have higherlevels of burnout compared with doctors in general. employees in emergency department complain abouthigher role overload because of shortages in critical staff, budgetary cuts and higher number of patient andacuity. overload like this might compromise satisfaction of the staff with their job environment. both jobrelated(work hours, years of experience, activities for professional development, non-clinical tasks, etc.)and non-job-related factors (age, gender, lifestyle factors, etc.) are correlated with burnout. job-relatedstressors have been stated to be related to higher risk of depression and suicide, intra-personal conflict andaggressiveness, as well as lower working performance and staff self-confidence, low quality of healthcareand lower experience and skill level among the staff. in conclusion, no enough data exits on prevention ofburnout among emergency department nurses and physicians and new studies should be done. factors thatcause burnout in various emergency medicine populations should be evaluated, and proper interventionsshould be designed to lower burnout.