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Are emergency physicians satisfied? An analysis of operational/organization factors
Author(s) -
Lall Michelle D.,
Chang Bernard P.,
Park Joel,
Tabatabai Ramin R.,
Manfredi Rita A.,
Baren Jill M.,
Castillo Jenny
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american college of emergency physicians open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2688-1152
DOI - 10.1002/emp2.12546
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , likert scale , psychological intervention , ordered logit , logistic regression , medicine , family medicine , psychology , nursing , social psychology , developmental psychology , machine learning , computer science
Objective Professional satisfaction is associated with career longevity, individual well‐being, and patient care and safety. Lack of physician engagement promotes the opposite. This study sought to identify important facets contributing to decreased career satisfaction using a large national data set of practicing emergency physicians. Methods We performed a secondary analysis of the national Longitudinal Study of Emergency Physicians survey conducted by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. The survey was composed of 57 variables including career satisfaction as well as occupational and psychological variables potentially associated with career satisfaction. Factor analysis was used to determine the important latent variables. Ordinal logistic regression was performed to determine statistical significance among the latent variables with overall career satisfaction. Results A total of 863 participants were recorded. The overall mean career satisfaction rate was 3.9 on a 5‐point Likert scale with 1 and 5 indicating “least satisfied” and “most satisfied,” respectively. Our analysis revealed 9 factors related to job satisfaction. Two latent factors, exhaustion/stress and administration/respect, were statistically significant. When comparing satisfaction scores between sex, there was a statistically significant difference with men reporting a higher satisfaction rate ( P  = 0.0092). Age was also statistically significant with overall satisfaction lower for younger physicians than older physicians. Conclusion Our study found that emergency physicians are overall satisfied with emergency medicine, although with variability depending on sex and age. In addition, we characterized job satisfaction into 9 factors that significantly contribute to job satisfaction. Future work exploring these factors may help elucidate the development of targeted interventions to improve professional well‐being in the emergency medicine workforce.

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