Surgeons’ Burnout During the Medical Crisis in Korea
Jihyeon Choi, Jungook Kim, Jeong-Eun Lee, Yoo Shin Choi, Suk-Won Suh, Seung Eun Lee · 2026
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Description
Jihyeon Choi, Seung Eun Lee and their co-authors survey burnout among surgeons in Korea during a national medical crisis, listed for 2026. The crisis began when most residents resigned and many students left school to protest new health policies.
Responses from hundreds of surgeons were scored with a standard burnout inventory and compared with a pre-pandemic survey. Seven in ten surgeons met the full burnout threshold, and weekly work hours strongly predicted burnout. Short-form burnout rates also rose sharply from the earlier survey. The rise was most marked among academic surgeons. The authors call for better work conditions and system reform.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jihyeon Choi, Jungook Kim, Jeong-Eun Lee, Yoo Shin Choi, Suk-Won Suh, Seung Eun Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |