Sears Dawn M, Bejeck Alexis, Kilpatrick Laurel, Griggs Nicole, Farmer Lindsey, Jackson Brittany, Janek Hania, Waddimba Anthony C
North Texas VA Medical Center, Dallas University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
Department of Internal Medicine, Scott and White Medical Center, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, Texas, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 18;20(3):e0319895. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319895. eCollection 2025.
Female physicians are more likely to experience burnout and less likely to hold leadership positions. Effective interventions are needed to support women physicians in the workforce.
To determine if a shared learning, social-based leadership development program will impact burnout and career trajectory for female physicians.
Cohort study.
Multispecialty healthcare system and state medical society members.
Burnout and Engagement surveys were emailed to 5000 physicians within the Baylor Scott & White Health System (BSWH). The external control group consisted of 516 female physicians within the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and not associated with BSWH. Internal controls included both male (670) and female physicians (240) who did not participate in the program.
The Women Leaders in Medicine (WLiM) program included twice-annual in person summits and support programs throughout the 2-year study period.
The Maslach Burnout Index (MBI) was utilized to evaluate burnout. Surveys were conducted at three separate points and included interest in leadership, intent to retain current employment, and open comments.
Participants in WLiM had decreased frequency of high emotional exhaustion (mean 2.9 decreased to 2.5), decreased occurrence of high depersonalization (mean 1.6 decreased to 1.3), and improved levels of personal accomplishment (mean 4.7 improved to 5.1) and leadership aspiration (mean 7.4 to 7.8). Intention to stay went from 4.0 to 4.1.
Burnout can be improved, and leadership aspirations fostered with a group leadership development in a cohort of female physicians.
女医生更容易出现职业倦怠，担任领导职位的可能性也更小。需要有效的干预措施来支持职场中的女医生。
确定一个基于社交的共享学习型领导力发展项目是否会影响女医生的职业倦怠和职业轨迹。
队列研究。
多专科医疗系统和州医学协会成员。
向贝勒·斯科特与怀特医疗系统（BSWH）内的5000名医生发送了职业倦怠和工作投入度调查问卷。外部对照组由德克萨斯州医学协会（TMA）内且与BSWH无关联的516名女医生组成。内部对照组包括未参与该项目的男医生（670名）和女医生（240名）。
“医学女性领导者”（WLiM）项目在为期2年的研究期间包括每年两次的面对面峰会和支持项目。
采用马氏职业倦怠量表（MBI）评估职业倦怠。在三个不同时间点进行调查，内容包括对领导力的兴趣、保留当前工作的意愿以及开放性意见。
参与WLiM项目的人员出现高情绪耗竭的频率降低（平均从2.9降至2.5），高去个性化的发生率降低（平均从1.6降至1.3），个人成就感水平提高（平均从4.7提高到5.1），领导力抱负增强（平均从7.4提高到7.8）。留任意愿从4.0提高到4.1。
在一群女医生中开展团体领导力发展项目可以改善职业倦怠，并激发领导力抱负。
