Well-being in trainee and faculty physicians

Figures & data

Table 1. Number of surveyed physicians and percent responded

	Total Surveyed	Total Responded	% Response
All Nationwide Trainees combined	135,198	128,443	95
All Nationwide Faculty combined	106,922	94,557	88
All Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents	5,459	5,206	95
All Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty	4,773	4,082	86
All Obstetrics and Gynecology Subspecialty Fellows	807	799	99
All Obstetrics and Gynecology Subspecialty Faculty	1,591	1,432	90

Table 2. Survey responses by program and role

	All Training Programs			Obstetrics and Gynecology Training Programs			Obstetrics and Gynecology Subspecialty Training Programs
	Trainees	Faculty	P*	Residents	Faculty	P*	Fellows	Faculty	P*
Total number of respondents	128,443	94,557		5,206	4,082		799	1,432
Please rate how often you have done or experienced each of the following items in the past 3 weeks:	% Very Often/Often			% Very Often/Often			% Very Often/Often
Reflected on how your work helps make the world a better place	56.6	72.7†	<0.001	54.3	72.5†	<0.001	69.7	75.2	0.005
Felt the vitality to do your work	72.8	86.6†	<0.001	72.1	85†	<0.001	83.7	88.3	0.002
Felt supported by your co-workers	87.2	88.6	<0.001	87.2	87.4	0.79	90.6	89.8	0.54
Was proud of the work you did	81	93.9†	<0.001	83.2	94.2†	<0.001	90.1	95.4	<0.001
Was eager to come back to work the next day	63.5	82.5†	<0.001	60.6	79.8†	<0.001	80.9	84.7	0.019
You felt your basic needs are met	80.6	86.2	<0.001	75.6	83.8	<0.001	91.2	87.4	0.006
You ate well	73.4	83.8†	<0.001	64.3	83.1†	<0.001	87	83.1	0.015
You felt connected to your work in a deep sense	66.7	85.1†	<0.001	67.1	83.6†	<0.001	81	87.3	<0.001
Felt the amount of work you were expected to complete in a day was reasonable	77.1	74	<0.001	70.6	71.7	0.26	87.1	72.3‡	<0.001
Participated in decisions that affected your work	78.1	80.7	<0.001	77.9	77.5	0.63	84.7	81.4	0.048
Had an enjoyable interaction with a patient	89.4	95.7	<0.0001	94.2	97.1	<0.001	96.7	97.8	0.11
Knew who to call when something tragic happened at work	88.8	89.9	<0.001	89.6	90.6	0.16	91.4	91.5	0.95

* Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test.

†Faculty response > trainees’ response by more than 10%

‡ Faculty response < trainees’ response by more than 10%

Table 3. Survey responses by progression within obstetrics and gynecology from resident to subspecialty fellow to subspecialty faculty differentiated by workplace satisfaction versus workplace environment

	Residents	Fellows	Sub-specialty Faculty	Residents> Fellows >Sub-specialty Faculty
Total number of respondents	5,206	799	1,432	P linear trend*
Please rate how often you have done or experienced each of the following items in the past 3 weeks:	% Very Often/Often
Work satisfaction
Reflected on how your work helps make the world a better place	54.3	69.7	75.2	<0.001
Felt the vitality to do your work	72.1	83.7	88.3	<0.001
Was proud of the work you did	83.2	90.1	95.4	<0.001
Was eager to come back to work the next day	60.6	80.9	84.7	<0.001
You felt connected to your work in a deep sense	67.1	81	87.3	<0.001
Workplace environment
Felt supported by your co-workers	87.2	90.6	89.8	0.002
You felt your basic needs are met	75.6	91.2	87.4	<0.001
You ate well	64.3	87	83.1	<0.001
Felt the amount of work you were expected to complete in a day was reasonable	70.6	87.1	72.3	<0.001
Participated in decisions that affected your work	77.9	84.7	81.4	<0.001
Had an enjoyable interaction with a patient	94.2	96.7	97.8	<0.001
Knew who to call when something tragic happened at work	89.6	91.4	91.5	0.032

* Cochran–Armitage test for linear trend against the null hypothesis of no association.

Please rate how often you have done or experienced each of the following items in the past 3 weeks:

	Never (1)	Rarely (2)	Sometimes (3)	Often (4)	Very Often (5)	National Mean
Reflected on how your work helps make the world a better place	3.4%	10.2%	29.8%	31.5%	25.2%	3.6
Felt the vitality to do your work	0.9%	4.7%	21.6%	42.0%	30.8%	4.0
Felt supported by your co-workers	0.5%	1.9%	10.4%	35.7%	51.5%	4.4
Was proud of the work you did	0.3%	2.1%	16.6%	40.0%	41.0%	4.2
Was eager to come back to work the next day	2.5%	8.2%	25.8%	36.7%	26.8%	3.8
You felt your basic needs are met	0.6%	3.1%	15.7%	40.4%	40.3%	4.2
You ate well	0.7%	5.8%	20.1%	36.3%	37.1%	4.0
You felt connected to your work in a deep sense	1.6%	7.0%	24.7%	36.5%	30.3%	3.9
Felt the amount of work you were expected to complete in a day was reasonable	0.7%	3.5%	18.7%	43.1%	34.0%	4.1
Participated in decisions that affected your work	1.2%	4.1%	16.6%	40.0%	38.1%	4.1

Please rate how often you have done or experienced each of the following items in the past 3 weeks:

	Never(1)	Rarely(2)	Sometimes(3)	Often(4)	Very Often(5)	N/A	National Mean
Had an enjoyable interaction with a patient	0.2%	1.0%	9.1%	27.6%	59.3%	2.7%	4.5
Knew who to call when something tragic happened at work	1.0%	1.9%	6.5%	22.0%	52.7%	15.9%	4.5

© 2018 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Data availability statement

The datasets are available for programs from the ACGME and are available from the authors if desired. An example of a data set is provided as Appendix 1.