Clinician burnout in Quebec leads to absenteeism, presenteeism, and staff turnover, further exacerbating the burden on remaining professionals. Because burnout is multifactorial, identifying where to act first is often challenging. This infographic addresses this need by identifying, through a consensus process involving Quebec clinicians and patients, the five factors with the greatest impact on clinician well-being. It supports prioritization of action and enables periodic assessment using existing measurement instruments, while also highlighting important gaps in available tools—particularly the lack of instruments available in French—thereby guiding priorities for instrument adaptation and development.
Organizational Objective
To guide the assessment of the well-being of health professionals in Québec by specifying which factors to measure and how to measure them, with the aim of informing organizational priorities, support strategies, and human resources decision-making.
Clinical Objective
To support clinicians in identifying priority issues related to their own well-being and that of their peers, and to provide them with a concrete starting point for engaging in informed and constructive discussions with clinical managers and decision-makers in order to improve their situation.
Definition: Health professional well-being
A multidimensional state influenced by factors related to the practice environment and organizational context, including work organization, workload and professional demands, as well as the level of support provided.
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- Researchers
- Healthcare professionals
- Social service professionals
- Decision-makers or managers
- Students
- Continuous quality improvement agents (in Family Medecine Groups and University family medicine groups)
- Family medicine clinic or family medicine group
- Identify priority factors to target in order to improve the well-being of health professionals
- Select appropriate measurement instruments to assess these factors
- Support evaluation, research, organizational improvement, or practice transformation initiatives
- Identify priorities for the development, adaptation, and validation of measurement instruments, by highlighting gaps in existing tools, particularly for specific well-being factors and for French language instruments
The infographic includes
• The five factors with the greatest influence on the wellbeing of health professionals in Quebec
• A mapping between each priority factor and validated measurement instruments
• Information on the limitations of the instruments (scope, need for linguistic adaptation, and validity across professional groups)
Situation: A manager in a healthcare organization seeks to improve the well-being of clinical teams in a context of workforce shortages.
Use of the tool
They consult the infographic to identify the factors with the greatest influence on wellbeing (e.g., workload, administrative tasks, autonomy).
They then select relevant measurement instruments (e.g., Areas of Worklife Scale, Team Climate Inventory) to assess the situation within their organization.
Impact
The results make it possible to identify concrete, prioritized, and measurable actions to improve work organization and the support provided to health professionals.
- Deng, Jiahao
- Bush, Paula L.,
- Salimi, Dorsa
- Lambert, Sylvie D.,
- Sasseville, Maxime
- Poder, Thomas G.,
- Kengne Talla, Pascaline
- Laberge, Maude
- Audet, Claudie
- Bernier, Andréanne
- Lacasse, Anaïs
- Menear, Matthew
- Poirier, Marie-Dominique
- Hersson-Edery, Fanny
- Lussier, Sonia
- Barnett, Tracie A.
Deng, J., Bush, P. L., Salimi, D., Lambert, S. D., Sasseville, M., Poder, T. G., Kengne Talla, P., Laberge, M., Audet, C., Bernier, A., Lacasse, A., Menear, M., Poirier, M.-D., Hersson-Edery, F., Lussier, S., & Barnett, T. A. (2026). What factors affect the wellbeing of Quebec health professionals? What instruments measure these factors? [Infographic].