Burnout in Israeli medical students: a national survey

Professional burnout is characterized by loss of enthusiasm for work, cynicism, and a low sense of personal efficacy. Burnout may adversely affect medical professionalism. Burnout is common in clinicians and varying rates have been reported in medical students. No data exist regarding the prevalence...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2023-01, Vol.23 (1), p.55-11, Article 55
Main Authors: Gilbey, Peter, Moffat, Mandy, Sharabi-Nov, Adi, Cohen, Omri, Kroszynski, Galit Neufeld, Karnieli-Miller, Orit, Gillis, Roni, Urkin, Jacob, Moscovici, Khen
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Language:English
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Burn out (Psychology)
Burnout
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Curriculum Design
Cynicism
Demographic aspects
Demographics
Emotional Exhaustion
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Israel
Medical education
Medical research
Medical schools
Medical student
Medical students
Psychological aspects
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Student Surveys
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Undergraduate
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Summary:Professional burnout is characterized by loss of enthusiasm for work, cynicism, and a low sense of personal efficacy. Burnout may adversely affect medical professionalism. Burnout is common in clinicians and varying rates have been reported in medical students. No data exist regarding the prevalence of burnout among Israeli medical students. The aims of this study were to assess the rate of burnout in Israeli medical students and to identify students who were particularly susceptible to burnout. A cross-sectional questionnaire design was employed, gathering data from medical students in all years of study across three medical schools. Burnout was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS), translated into Hebrew. Of the 2160 students in the participating medical schools, 966 (44.7%) completed MBI-SS and demographic questionnaires. The overall burnout rate was 50.6%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis yielded that female gender, age under 25, advanced year of study, studying at a specific medical school and not being a parent are all significantly correlated with higher levels of burnout. A high rate of burnout was found. The identification of young women who are not parents during advanced years of studies as being at-risk is important, in order to guide the development of burnout prevention interventions.
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/s12909-023-04037-2