Doctors at high risk for burnout in the UK 2023, by specialty

*Specialty group medicine includes specialties such as: general (internal) medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, geriatric medicine, hematology, endocrinology and diabetes mellitus, neurology, rheumatology, dermatology etc.

**The source adds the following on burnout risk:
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI): An internationally-recognised and validated tool for measuring burnout. Seven questions from the CBI were asked in this survey:
• Is your work emotionally exhausting?
• Do you feel burnt out because of your work?
• Does your work frustrate you?
• Do you feel worn out at the end of the working day? • Are you exhausted in the morning at the thought of another day of work?
• Do you feel that every working hour is tiring for you?
• Do you have enough energy for family and friends during leisure time?
In the analysis, differing levels of burnout amongst doctors were defined by the number of measures where responses equated to ‘high’ scores. A ‘high’ score refers to featuring in the bottom two categories for each statement (typically ‘experienced to a high or very high degree’ or ‘often or always’ but ‘seldom or never’ on the ‘enough energy for family and friends’ statement). Doctors who scored highly on 6-7 measures were considered to be most likely to be at risk of, or already suffering from, burnout. Doctors who scored highly on 4-5 measures were considered to be at moderate risk of burnout, while those who scored highly on 2-3 measures were considered to be at fairly low risk of burnout. Finally, those who scored highly on 0-1 measures were considered at low risk of burnout.