Burn-out and relationship with the learning environment among psychiatry residents: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent research suggests that burn-out is high and appears to be rooted in system-level factors including the local learning environment (LE). While most studies on this topic have been cross-sectional, our aim was to explore the relationship between burn-out and the LE over time within psychiatry residents. We hypothesised that burn-out is a significant predictor of learner perception of overall and all subdomains of LE within residents.

Design

This was a repeated measures questionnaire study.

Setting

We surveyed psychiatry residents in Singapore between January 2016 and December 2019.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory and the Postgraduate Hospital Education Environment Measure (PHEEM) were used to assess burn-ou

SUBMITTER: Chew QH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature