RT Book, Section A1 Hinami, Keiki A1 Wetterneck, Tosha B. A2 McKean, Sylvia C. A2 Ross, John J. A2 Dressler, Daniel D. A2 Brotman, Daniel J. A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. SR Print(0) ID 56193102 T1 Chapter 30. For the Individual: Career Sustainability and Avoiding Burnout T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine YR 2012 FD 2012 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-160389-8 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56193102 RD 2024/03/29 AB Hospital Medicine's successful growth in the United States concurrently poses challenges to its sustainability. Its growth has occurred in response to the demand of managed care for dedicated inpatient generalists to serve in various roles, including boundary spanners, communicators, quality enhancers, and care givers. The combination of roles and the often shifting work requirements demand flexibility from hospitalists who are also collectively working harder each year according to the biannual productivity surveys administered by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Moreover, many of the ranks are being filled by young physicians at the beginning of their medical careers. The characteristic stressors related to the work environment and demographics of the hospitalist workforce create conditions under which job burnout has emerged as a valid concern.