Figure 1. Work engagement varies with gender and career stage and is inversely related to burnout. (a) Men reported higher average work engagement scores than women, but this was not statistically significant when corrected for multiple comparisons. Scores for vigor showed a statistically significant difference between genders. (b) Total UWES scores increase with increasing professional rank, age, and years since residency. This progression is seen in all facets of the score. (c) The trend of increasing work engagement with career progression holds for women but is not statistically significant for men. Data are shown for rank and total UWES, but correlation holds for age and years since residency and all facets of work engagement score, as well. (d) Work engagement is the antipode of burnout. Participants who endorsed burnout had significantly lower work engagement scores in all facets compared with participants who did not endorse burnout. Statistical analysis includes Student’s t-test and ANOVA with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. For analysis of academic rank, participants who selected “not applicable” were not included in analysis. The data are plotted as a box and whiskers plot: dot indicates mean, line indicates median, box encompasses 25th to 75th percentiles, and whiskers show minimum and maximum values. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.005, ***P < 0.0005. UWES: Utrecht Work Engagement Scale; ANOVA: analysis of variance.