• Maya Paran, Arie Sover, Mickey Dudkiewicz, Ohad Hochman, Galina Goltsman, Yaakov Chen, Karina Zilber, Offer Merin, David Aranovich, and Boris Kessel.
• From the Division of General Surgery and Trauma, Hospital Administration, and the Internal Medicine Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Bnei Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel, Shamir Medical Center, Zriffin, Israel, the Internal Medicine Division, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel, and Shaarei Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
• South. Med. J. 2022 Nov 1; 115 (11): 849853849-853.

ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate humor styles in surgeons and internists and investigate the association between humor and burnout.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of physicians in surgical and medicine departments was conducted, assessing sense of humor and burnout using the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Emotional Exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey for Medical Personnel.ResultsFor 131 surgeons and 72 internists, no differences in humor styles were found. A sense of personal accomplishment was more common among surgeons (P = 0.03) and rates of burnout were lower for surgeons (P = 0.02). Physicians with a higher-than-average score in affiliative and self-enhancing humor were less likely to suffer from burnout (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.03, respectively).ConclusionsSurgeons and internists have similar styles of humor. Surgeons suffer less from burnout. Affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles are associated with reduced burnout.

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