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Volume 19, Issue 8


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From the Editor

Editorial
A. Abyad (Chief Editor)

Special Editorial :
Bashing and murder of doctors and health care workers in Myanmar
Lesley Pocock
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940104
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Regional Policy and Covid

Primary Health Care in Pandemics: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities
Tawfik A M Khoja, Waris Qidwai, Salman Rawaf, Faisal A Alnaser, Kashmira Nanji, Abdullah T Khoja, Nabil Yasin Al Kurashi, Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad, Wafa Halasa, Taghreed M Farahat, Mohammed Al Shafaee, Mariam Al Shetti, Muntazar Bashir, Wadeia Alsharief, Rihab AlWotayan, Saied Alimky, Huda al-duwaisan
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on career perceptions among medical students in (IMSIU)
Abdulmalk Abdullah Almadhi, Abdulaziz H Alhorishi, Abdullah Z Alnamshan, Faris A Alkhamis, Ruba S Alosaimi, Turki Y Alassaf, Fahad A Alateeq
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94091

Public willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Alamri, Noura Ali Alshahrani, Alaa Abdulrahman Al Bakita, Anhar saud alqahtani, Jamilah Hassan Aldaleel Alshahrani, Maram saad Alshahrani
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94092

Original Contribution

A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge of Oral Health Problems Among Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia
Afnan A. Malibari, Mariann H. Al-Jehani, Dareen A. Qattan, Noor S. Alharbi, Morooj H. Alharbi, Hanan S. Bin Yahib, Abdullah M Alzahrani
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94093

Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorders Among Adolescents in Qatar
Muneera Al-Muhannadi, Khalid Al-Karbi, Hashed Ahmed Ali Amran, Amr Faisal Alsharafi, Omar Taha Alabbas, Khalid Al-Marri, Mohamed Salem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94094

Efficacy of curcumin on inflammatory pain across different disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized controlled trials
Khalid Al-Karbi, Muneera Al-Muhannadi, Yosaf Al-Rabeei, Rashed J. Al-Kubaisi, Ahamad Bawazir, Mohamed H Mahmoud
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94095

Teachers' awareness regarding first-aid management and control of epistaxis inside schools in Taif region, Saudi Arabia
Sattam Aljuaid, Rahaf A. Alqahtani, Sarah H. Alqasem, Yara T. Alsulaimani, Shahad A. Alqahtani, Shmookh M. Alsalmi, Rawan M. Altowairqi
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94096

Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Parental Feeding Practices for Children 3-5 years old
Eman Elsayed Sedik Ibrahim, Rasha Saad Alkholy, Heba Galal Elnahas, Marwa Sayed Mohamed Said
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94097

Perception, feedback regarding post-surgical complications of tracheostomy
Ali Maeed Suliman Al-Shehri, Alaa Abdulrahman H Alshehri, Wajd Abdulwahab Saeed Almathami, Zoha Saleh A Alghamdi, Afnan Sultan M Alshehri, Azza Mofareh Obaid Almarir, Raghad Abdullah Y Asiri, Rehab Saleh M Al doban, Shuruq Zafer A Alshehri
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94098

Assessment of Health Care Workers' Knowledge and Practice Toward Infection Standard Precautions in Primary Health Care setting, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Hanein Saad ALjohani, Amel Abdalrahim Sulaiman
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940103

Population and Community Studies

Special Editorial: Bashing and murder of doctors and health care workers in Myanmar
Lesley Pocock
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940104

Prevalence, Awareness and Perception of Influenza Vaccine among Geriatrics in Abha region, Saudi Arabia
Mona Majrashi, Abdulrahman Majrashi, Amani Osman, Safar Abadi Al-Saleem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94099

The pattern of diabetic foot and its complications in Albaha, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed H AlGhamdi, Ali G AlGhamdi, Anwar A AlGhamdi, Mohammed A Aldokhi, Amal M AlZahrani, Ebtehal S AlGhamdi, Ahmed A AlZahrani, Riyadh Abdullah Alghamdi
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940105

Awareness regarding diabetic peripheral neuropathy and its risk factors among diabetics in Muhayil City, Saudi Arabia
Mosa Bahhary, Yahia M. Alkhaldi, Safar A Alsaleem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94100

Prevalence, determinants and impact of migraine on quality of life of healthcare workers at primary healthcare centers in Abha City, Saudi Arabia
Fahad Jaber Salman Alfaifi, Mohammed Yahia Qasim, Adel Mushref Al-Harban, Saeed Saad A Alqahtani, Nasser Mubarak S Alshahrani
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94101

Burnout among the Directors of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Abdulrahman Basheikh
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94102

Review

Barriers to Premarital Thalassemia Screening in Asia
Nazish Jaffar, Laaraib Khan, Urooba Imran Ahmed, Nimra Hussain Vistro, Amna khan, M. Yousuf Memon
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94106

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August 2021 - Volume 19, Issue 8

Burnout among the Directors of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Abdulrahman Basheikh

Correspondence:
Mohammed Basheikh
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
King Abdulaziz University
Saudi Arabia
Email: mbasheikh@kau.edu.sa

Received: June 2021; Accepted: July 2021; Published: August 1, 2021. Citation: Mohammed Abdulrahman Basheikh. Burnout among the Directors of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2021; 19(8): 137-145
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94102

Abstract


Overview: Burnout and depression symptoms are extremely common among internal medicine physicians including program directors. Burnout is defined as work-related syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment.

Nearly 50% of physicians experience burnout. Hence, this increasing problem has a major impact on a director’s physical and mental health, thereby not only causing danger to the physician’s health but also affecting a patient’s health and putting a strain on the healthcare system.

Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from March 2018 to October 2019. There are more than 60 training centers offering internal medicine programs all around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study was approved by the Quality Committee, which follows the Scientific Council for Internal Medicine at Saudi Commission of Health Specialties. All participants were informed about the study objectives and confidentiality of survey responses, and they provided informed consent.

Results: Among 40 program directors who participated in this survey, (85%) were stressed out. Moreover, 27.5% expressed lack of support from the hospital’s administration, 23.1% claimed that the department head interfered with the training process, 30% were frustrated with their uncooperative colleagues, and 82.5% denied receiving any financial benefit other than training allowance. Finally, 95% were satisfied with their performance as program directors.

Conclusion: Similar to other physician groups, program directors experience burnout. Nevertheless, more studies should be conducted to better understand stress and its possible causes. Further, such investigations can help identify the reasons behind the lack of support, in addition to protection of program director’s encouragement.

Key words: burnout, residency training program, Saudi Arabia







 


 
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