TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of teamwork climate for preventing burnout in UK general practices
AU - Galleta-Williams, Henry
AU - Esmail, Aneez
AU - Grigoroglou, Christos
AU - Zghebi, Salwa S.
AU - Zhou, Anli Yue
AU - Hodkinson, Alexander
AU - Panagioti, Maria
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (Project 298). The NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GMPSTRC-2012-202) funded the corresponding author?s time spent in this project. The research team members were independent from the funding agencies. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR, or the Department of Health. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/9/19
Y1 - 2020/9/19
N2 - This short report aims to investigate the association between teamwork and burnout among general practitioners (GPs). A two-stage survey was conducted. In stage one, validated self-report measures of burnout and teamwork were completed by 50 GPs across 12 general practices in Greater Manchester, UK. In stage two, staff members across 3 of the 12 general practices (GPs, nursing staff, managers and admin staff) responded to free text questions about teamwork (n ¼ 20). The results of the stage one survey showed that teamwork in GPs was significantly negatively associated with the emotional exhaustion (r = -0.326, P < 0.05) and depersonalization (r = -0.421, P < 0.01) domains of the burnout measure and significantly positively associated with the personal accomplishment (r = 0.296, P < 0.05) domain. Free text responses in stage two were assigned into three themes: (i) addressing organizational barriers which might threaten teamwork, (ii) promoting the view of teamwork as a shared responsibility among all staff members of the general practice and (iii) implementing improvement strategies which can be embedded in the busy environment of general practices. GPs and other staff members of general practices valued the importance of teamwork for boosting their morale and mitigating burnout. Future research should focus on designing and embedding brief teamwork improvement strategies in general practices.
AB - This short report aims to investigate the association between teamwork and burnout among general practitioners (GPs). A two-stage survey was conducted. In stage one, validated self-report measures of burnout and teamwork were completed by 50 GPs across 12 general practices in Greater Manchester, UK. In stage two, staff members across 3 of the 12 general practices (GPs, nursing staff, managers and admin staff) responded to free text questions about teamwork (n ¼ 20). The results of the stage one survey showed that teamwork in GPs was significantly negatively associated with the emotional exhaustion (r = -0.326, P < 0.05) and depersonalization (r = -0.421, P < 0.01) domains of the burnout measure and significantly positively associated with the personal accomplishment (r = 0.296, P < 0.05) domain. Free text responses in stage two were assigned into three themes: (i) addressing organizational barriers which might threaten teamwork, (ii) promoting the view of teamwork as a shared responsibility among all staff members of the general practice and (iii) implementing improvement strategies which can be embedded in the busy environment of general practices. GPs and other staff members of general practices valued the importance of teamwork for boosting their morale and mitigating burnout. Future research should focus on designing and embedding brief teamwork improvement strategies in general practices.
U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa128
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa128
M3 - Article
C2 - 32894291
AN - SCOPUS:85091324174
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 30
SP - 36
EP - 38
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - Suppl 4
ER -