Abstract
<jats:p>This chapter, “Burnout Syndrome in Family Medicine Practice,” synthesizes evidence on burnout in primary care. It reviews definitions, dimensions, and measurement tools, noting challenges in interpretation in practice. Risk factors are examined at individual, organizational, and system levels, with attention to workload, time pressure, and structural constraints in family medicine. The chapter highlights that burnout affects not only physicians’ well-being but also professional satisfaction, sense of meaning at work, and mental health, including associations with depressive symptoms. Patient-safety implications, such as medication errors, are also discussed. Evidence on burnout among family medicine residents and on the wellness of primary care teams and staff is summarized, together with potential differences across practice models. Findings from Turkish Family Health Centers are integrated to strengthen local relevance. Finally, the chapter presents interventions, including mindfulness toolkits, workflow redesign, team-based support, and organizational policies, and proposes monitoring indicators (burnout scores, job satisfaction, error reporting, turnover) to evaluate impact.</jats:p>