Table 2.

Examples of studies tackling the mental health issues of particular health-education faculty.

Health Profession	Specific Faculty Groups within the Profession	Key Mental Health Findings from Sample Studies	Reference
Physicians	Medical and surgical faculty	23% rate of extreme stress; 16–23% rate of burnout	[171]
	Clinical and non-clinical faculty in a teaching hospital	31% rate of high job stress, associated with work in a clinical department; 30–88% rate of burnout	[233]
	Chairs of obstetrics and gynecology departments	Over 50% rates of low personal accomplishment	[234]
	Academic physicians in a university hospital	43% rate of distress; 78% of distressed physicians did not seek professional help	[235]
Pharmacists	Pharmacy practice faculty	41% rate of emotional exhaustion, significant in women and assistant professors	[177]
	Academic pharmacists in a national survey	Better work–life balance significantly associated with intention to stay in academia	[236]
Nurses	Nursing faculty	Full-time employment, working over 45 h per week, and teaching 3–4 courses correlated with high burnout	[237]
	Nursing faculty	27% rate of depression; better workplace culture was associated with less depression, anxiety, and burnout	[168]