Co-creation of a research agenda around doctor’s wellbeing

Emerging literature from all around the world is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. Burnout is one of the most extreme outcomes arising from a lack of wellbeing at work and it has a direct impact on the physician and their family, as well as on patients and their families. Some studies have shown that, among physicians who report experiencing burnout, family medicine and emergency medicine physicians are among those at highest risk.Emerging literature from all around the world is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. Burnout is one of the most extreme outcomes arising from a lack of wellbeing at work and it has a direct impact on the physician and their family, as well as on patients and their families. Some studies have shown that, among physicians who report experiencing burnout, family medicine and emergency medicine physicians are among those at highest risk.C