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Actions Reported by Physicians With Large Improvements in Burnout and Professional Fulfillment

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.35986

September 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Physicians with large improvements in burnout and professional fulfillment reported specific actions at work or in their personal life that they believed led to this improvement. These findings suggest that both individual- and system-level changes may be necessary to optimize occupational well-being among physicians.

Corresponding Author: Tait D. Shanafelt, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, 500 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 64305 (tshana@stanford.edu).

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