Percepción de cambios en la práctica médica y estrategias de afrontamiento

M. Luz Bascuñán ^[1] ; Nina Horwitz ^[1] ; Irene Schiattino ^[1] ; Julia Acuña ^[1] ; Juan Pablo Jiménez ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Chile
  
  Universidad de Chile
  
  Santiago, Chile
Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 139, Nº. 10, 2011, págs. 1305-1312
Idioma: español
Títulos paralelos:
- A survey about physicians’ professional satisfaction
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Resumen
- Background: A change in the social structure of medicine and its impact on clients has occurred in the last decades. Aim: To perform a survey about subjective wellbeing among physicians. Material and Methods: A physician’ professional satisfaction survey consisting in 90 questions, was applied to 580 physicians (70% males), working in Metropolitan Santiago. Results: Physicians perceive changes in all the examined professional domains and approximately 50% of the changes are evaluated as negative. Change perception is a general phenomena among physicians, since there were no differences in relation to gender and only in few aspects with respect to age and medical specialty. There was a predominant positive attitude, based on the profession, to face changes. Conclusions: The positive evaluation of changes and the frequent use of managing strategies are associated with a higher satisfaction among physicians.