379TF Understanding Emotions: Combating Burnout With Empathy During Emergency Medicine Residency

In 2014, Bodenheimer and Sinsky expanded on the Triple Aim's three pillars1 of (1) quality, (2) patient satisfaction and (3) costs by incorporating (4) provider burnout in their Quadruple Aim, explaining that burnout among front-line workers threatens the goals of the Triple Aim. Medical trainees develop high rates of burnout during medical school that peaks during residency, and continues to outpace their peers throughout their early career. Emergency physicians consistently report the highest levels of burnout compared to other specialties.

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