Overloaded clinicians Nearly half think about quitting

Patient care could be seriously compromised
Many physicians in Bavarian hospitals feel overburdened and therefore play with the idea to look for a different work environment. This is the frightening result of a recent study by the Marburger Bund Bayern. If the doctors actually quit their service, it could lead to massive problems with care.
Many doctors are at the end of their powers
Many clinicians feel uncomfortable at work and suffer from the massive burden of the job. As a recent study by the Marburg Confederation of Bavaria has shown, therefore, just under half of Bavarian physicians are considering giving up their work in the hospital. "44 percent of our members are thinking about switching jobs! And that's no reasonless whining. I have to say: I know that it is bad - objective and subjective, "said Klaus-Martin Bauer, Managing Director of the Marburger Bund Bayern, in an interview with the" Oberbayerische Volksblatt ". An appalling result, because this would seriously endanger the care of patients. "The clinicians are on the attack," stresses Bauer.

Revised physicians: 50 percent of clinicians would quit if they could. Image: Photographee.eu - fotolia

Young medical assistants are overwhelmed
There are many reasons for dissatisfaction. Whether overworked hours, lack of support from supervisors or lack of staff - the conditions under which doctors have to work in many clinics have long been criticized. Particularly for young interns, the permanently increasing workload and the chronic time pressure are a major problem, explains Bauer. These would be e.g. After only two weeks in the job "alone on the emergency room", in addition, the costs for further training not taken. The only thing that matters is the job, the expert says, according to the "Oberbayerische Volksblatt".

Many work more than 50 hours a week
The study shows clearly how high the workload really is: According to this, nine out of ten doctors would work up to 49 hours a week, six out of ten would even have more hours. This is not without consequences for their own health: About 70 percent of Bavarian doctors surveyed have to regularly struggle with sleep disorders, more than 50 percent feel "psychologically burdened." To minimize stress, the hospitals would have to be better financially, according to the Marburger Bund, in order to hire more medical and nursing staff.

Currently, however, clinicians should spend more and more time on "non-physician administrative activities", more than a third comes here according to the study on a two to three-hour extra effort. "Today, everything is passed on to the doctors," says Bauer. In addition, everything is "stitched on edge". As a result, clinics 'expectations of their physicians' performance and desire to treat patients can often no longer be reconciled. According to the study, nearly two-thirds of doctors would not have enough time for patient treatment given the high workload. "Patients meet stressed doctors who can not take this pressure," warns Bauer.

One fifth of the surgeons resort to stimulants
The serious consequences of the high occupational requirements, irregular working hours and long shifts in hospital work were demonstrated by a study conducted by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mainz in 2013. According to this, 20 percent of German surgeons had resorted to prescription or illegal drugs at least once, to reduce the stress and increase their performance. (No)