Burnout among medical students during the first years of undergraduate school: Prevalence and associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the prevalence and possible factors associated with the development of burnout among medical students in the first years of undergraduate school.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Barretos School of Health Sciences, Dr. Paulo Prata. A total of 330 students in the first four years of medical undergraduate school were invited to participate in responding to the sociodemographic and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) questionnaires. The first-year group consisted of 150 students, followed by the second-, third-, and fourth-year groups, with 60 students each.

Results

Data from 265 students who answered at least the sociodemographic questionnaire and the MBI-SS were analyzed (response rate = 80.3%). One (n = 1, 0.3%) p

SUBMITTER: Boni RADS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5841647 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature