Residents don't just look miserable... they really are

Is the rite of passage of residency and fellowship a process of learning and maturing, or an exhausting and demoralizing experience that sets the stage for burnout? What factors can influence the start of burnout or help to promote wellness? It has become abundantly clear that physicians face a crisis not only of regulatory burdens, but also of a lack of well-being or burnout. This is especially true for neurologists. This does not begin with the graduation certificate from residency or fellowship, but instead the indicators for burnout are very much present early in their training—during residency. More than 50% of physicians in the United States meet the criteria for burnout, a well-recognized threat to the profession. Burnout disproportionately affects neurologists, and in this issue of Neurology®, Levin et al.¹ reveal that our next generation of colleagues are equally at risk.

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