American Urological Association Workforce Task Force on Burnout and Coping
Responding urologists have identified questions surrounding mental health conditions on state licensure boards as a factor deterring them from seeking professional help for burnout. With an ongoing urologic workforce shortage, policy changes, such as removing mental health questions pertaining to medical licensing and credentialing, are imperative to protect the health of the current workforce.
Authors
- Andrew Harris
- William H. Meeks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-7466)
- Jacob Thatcher
- Parth K. Modi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5754-4445)
- Brad Hornberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0501-0051)
- Kate H. Kraft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5714-2697)
- Amanda North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-2637)
- Catherine S. Nam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-5173)
- Hannah Glick
- Sydney Strup
- Alexis Halsel
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- American Urological Association (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Idaho National Laboratory (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Center for Advanced Energy Studies (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urology
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2025.11.246
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00