Psychologists' Role in Addressing Healthcare Provider Burnout and Well-Being

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Abstract

Burnout in health care has received considerable attention; widespread efforts to implement burnout reduction initiatives are underway. Healthcare providers with marginalized identities may be especially at risk. Health service psychologists are often key members of interprofessional teams and may be asked to intervene with colleagues exhibiting signs of burnout. Consequently, psychologists in these settings can then find themselves in professional quandaries. In the absence of clear guidelines, psychologists are learning to enhance their scope of practice and navigate ethical guidelines while supporting colleagues and simultaneously satisfying organizational priorities. In this paper we (a) provide an overview of burnout and its scope, (b) discuss ethical challenges health service psychologists face in addressing provider burnout, and (c) present three models to employ in healthcare provider burnout and well-being.

Continuing Education Information

1 CE Credit, Instructional Level: Intermediate

1 Contact Hour (New York Board of Psychology)

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify workplace stressors and other variables contributing to burnout. 
  2. Compare treatment options for burnout of healthcare providers. 
  3. Discuss ethical considerations for psychologists treating practitioners.

Disclosures: Author Notes: This work was supported by Health Resources and Services Administration Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program Funding (HRSA-22-109), Cultivating Personal Resilience Program Awarded to Spalding University School of Professional Psychology, January 2022. Conflict of Interest: Abbie Beacham, PhD, and Andrea King, PsyD, declare no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript or programming described herein. Brenda Nash, PhD, serves as the Principal Investigator on a Health Resources and Services Administrator grant in program development and evaluation of resilience programming for healthcare professions trainees.

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Beacham et al.

Abbie O’Ferrell Beacham, PhD, is a Clinical Health Psychologist and the Director of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Dentistry. Prior to returning to UofL – her PhD alma mater – she served at the University of Colorado School of Medicine as an Associate Director of the Resilience Program. Dr. Beacham’s research, teaching, and clinical work focus on interprofessional team-based and integrated care as well as burnout, resilience, and well-being among healthcare professionals. 

Andrea Westfall King, PsyD, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Health Psychology Emphasis Area at Spalding University. Dr. King completed her internship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, specializing in pediatric psychology, specifically the management of chronic illness across disease groups. Dr. King’s current clinical and research interests include interdisciplinary care and resilience-based training for children and their parents. 

Brenda F. Nash, PhD, is the Psychology Chair at Spalding University and the Chair of the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Dr. Nash specializes in post-traumatic growth, and teaching such to the next generation of psychologists. She was the 2020 Faculty of the Year at Spalding and the 2022 Psychologist of the Year in Kentucky. She is also a 2021 alumnae of APA's Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.

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