A new perspective on burnout Research and application in health care

Since the modern concept of burnout was introduced in the 1970’s it attracted quite some attention, both from scientists as well as practitioners. This webinar presents a state-of-the-art overview and seeks to answer four issues: (1) What is burnout? (2) How often does burnout occur? (3) How does the workplace contribute to burnout? (4) How to prevent burnout? Throughout the webinar a distinction will be made between mild burnout complaints and burnout disorder.

Wilmar Schaufeli is professor emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and distinguished research professor at KU Leuven, Belgium. His main research field is occupational health psychology. Dr. Schaufeli is a prolific highly cited researcher, ranking among the top 1% in his field. He is a fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, a licensed occupational health psychologist, and also works part-time as an organizational consultant. Personal website: www.wilmarschaufeli.nl.

Introduce Chiara Consiglio Professoressa Associata di Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Sapienza Università di Roma.

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