Factors associated with increased burnout in genetic counseling students.

ABSTRACT: Genetic counseling students face numerous stressors during their graduate program, which can lead to negative outcomes such as burnout. Burnout can negatively impact students' ability to perform well, maintain stamina, and feel competent throughout their training. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a validated survey that assesses three domains that together define burnout: exhaustion, cynicism, and low self-efficacy. One hundred eighty genetic counseling students from the classes of 2024 and 2025 within the United States and Canada completed a cross-sectional, quantitative survey which included the MBI validated for students, a list of 19 situations tailored to students in genetic counseling training programs that may cause stress, and three open-ended questions asking what activities

SUBMITTER: McCormick H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357068 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature