Managing Workplace Health Flashcards
Doctors have …….. rates of mortality compared to members of the community with the same socioeconomic state.
Lower (due to lower rates of smocking related illnesses)
Doctors have ….. rates of suicide and liver cirrhosis
High
The 4 stressors most commonly expressed by medical students
1- talking to psychiatric patients.
2- effects on personal life.
3- presenting cases.
4- dealing with death and suffering.
Depression within the first 6 months of internship was experienced by
27% of interns
Have higher rates of anger and hostility
Males
The score of sleeping
Epworth sleepiness score
About …… of medical students abuse alcohol and used illicit substances
45%
Beginning of working week has ….. rates of heart attacks and strokes
Higher
What is burnout?
Emotional exhaustion - depersonalization - lack of personal accomplishment
Trainees in hospitals with less than ……. beds have higher rates of patient related burnout
50
The most frequent stressors for GPs
Time pressure to see pts + Paperwork
The most severe stressors in GPs
Threat of litigation + Too much work to do in limited time
The three main dimensions of workplace stress
Control - Support - Demand
The body’s way to respond to any kind of demand or threat
Stress
Characterized by disengagement
Burnout
