Burnout, Professional, Burnout, Student, Educational Problems
Conditions
Keywords
Medical Student, Clerkship, Burnout syndrome, Medical Education, Untied Arab Emirates
Brief summary
Burnout Syndrome is a medical condition caused by long-term job-related strain and is defined by presence of either one or more of the three states i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout has been shown to cause decreased work output and mental well being of employees and increase errors at workplace. Burnout is observed in various lines of work and but has been found to be especially high among academic students undertaking professional studies as well as healthcare professionals. Medical students in their clerkship years undergo high stake exams, while adapting from classroom and simulation learning to participate in clinical care of patients in hospital care setting with no prior experience, which much them vulnerable to developing burnout during medical school. Burnout can effect medical students' well-being, which may continue into their internship and residency so greater emphasis in required on creating an awareness of burnout and identifying any factors associated to its development.
Detailed description
Burnout syndrome can develop after a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal workplace stressors, and is defined by 3 dimensions - emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout syndrome can be prevalent in up to half the medical students and those studies have suggested poor mental health among them. Various external and internal factors may contribute to burnout in medical students and little is known about the impact and mechanism of these factors in developing burnout. Burnout can develop, persist or worsen in residency years and it has been found to frequent among Diabetes specialty residents in United Kingdom as well in Emirati medical residents. Burnout can affect overall wellbeing of medical students with health consequences as well as poor work engagement/ educational outcomes. To the best of authors knowledge no data exists on burnout in undergraduate medical students in clinical years (clerkship) in United Arab Emirates
Interventions
Using Maslach Burnout inventory to assess the presence of burnout and a self reporting questionnaire to identify possible stressors or associations
Sponsors
United Arab Emirates University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Medical students (5th and 6th year) of college of medicine and health sciences in United Arab Emirates University 2. Currently attending the college, not on sick leave or long-term absence. 3. Agreed to participate after Informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Self-reported presence of active mental health illness or current treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess the frequency of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period. | cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months | The purpose of this study is to estimate the frequency of burnout syndrome in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University via validated tool from Mind Garden, Malasch Inventory for Burnout Syndrome, assessing all three subscales of burnout i.e Emotional Exhaustion (with cutoff score for high burnout \>26; range 0-54 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), Depersonalization (with cutoff score for high burnout \>12; range 0-30 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), and lack of personal accomplishment (with cutoff score for high burnout \< 32; range 0-48 with higher scores meaning a better outcome) |
| Assess factors associated with presence of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period. | cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months | To identify factors associated with presence of burnout in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University |
Countries
United Arab Emirates
Contacts
Primary ContactAdnan Agha
Outcome results
None listed