Not all interventions for burnout cost money: the value of debrief groups.

Abstract

Spurred on by a BMJ Careers article on Balint groups,1 and recognising rising stress in our peers, we started a monthly debrief group for oncology registrars in our centre, facilitated by a medically qualified chaplain (SLH). Topics have been wide ranging, reflecting all three dimensions of burnout (depersonalisation, exhaustion, and professional inefficacy),2 and have included high stress when …