Burnout syndrome prevalence during internship in public and private hospitals: a survey study in Mexico.

Burnout syndrome prevalence during internship in public and private hospitals: a survey study in Mexico. Med Educ Online. 2019 Dec;24(1):1593785 Authors: Miranda-Ackerman RC, Barbosa-Camacho FJ, Sander-Möller MJ, Buenrostro-Jiménez AD, Mares-País R, Cortes-Flores AO, Morgan-Villela G, Zuloaga-Fernández Del Valle CJ, Solano-Genesta M, Fuentes-Orozco C, Cervantes-Cardona GA, Cervantes-Guevara G, González-Ojeda A Abstract Burnout syndrome is a psychological condition that commonly affects health professionals, medical students, and others in professions with long shifts. It is defined by a high amount of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal job satisfaction. We aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome in medical interns and establish the relationships between this condition and the time and type of hospital at which students worked during their medical internship. This was a survey study in which we used the Maslach Burnout Inventory, applied to fifth-year medical students on an internship at private and public hospitals in Mexico. The participants were 96 women (54.5%) and 80 men (45.5%), with ages ranging from 21 to 34 years old. We found burnout syndrome in 20% of these medical students 22% of the women and 18.6% of the men in the sample. Second-semester interns suffered burnout at a rate of 29%, in contrast to 15% of first-semester students. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores we...
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