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The fast-paced nature of hospital medicine has raised concerns that burnout and job turnover are widespread among hospitalists. The rapid growth and relative youth of our specialty might also lead to ambiguity in the professional function of hospitalists to patients and within organizations. The last examination of the effects of these factors on hospitalists was in 1999. Now, the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Career Satisfaction Task Force reports the results of a 2009–2010 national worklife survey.
The survey instrument borrowed elements of the Physician Worklife Survey and was expanded to include issues relevant to hospitalists. Paper surveys were mailed to a stratified sample of 4315 hospitalists in the SHM database, followed by an …