The impact of global health outreach experiences on medical student burnout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Student burnout during medical education is a prevalent and critical problem. Burnout has reaching consequences, including negative health outcomes for students, financial loss for schools, and worsened patient care as students transition to practice. Global Health Outreach Experiences (GHOEs), known to enhance cultural awareness and clinical knowledge among medical students, are offered in most programs. Prior studies document that GHOEs benefit physicians suffering from burnout, with effects demonstrating improvement over 6 months. No study, to our knowledge, has assessed the influence GHOEs may have on medical student burnout with a comparable control group. This study examines whether participation in a GHOE, compared to a standard break from school, has a positive e

SUBMITTER: Kuehn T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10294532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature