Relationships Between Medical Student Burnout, Empathy, and Professionalism Climate
Publication/Presentation Date
10-2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Medical student burnout is prevalent, and there has been much discussion about burnout and professionalism in medical education and the clinical learning environment. Yet, few studies have attempted to explore relationships between those issues using validated instruments.
METHOD: Medical students were surveyed at the beginning of their fourth year using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy-Student Version, and the Professionalism Climate Instrument. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, and Spearman correlation analysis was performed.
RESULTS: Scores indicative of higher medical student burnout were associated with lower medical student empathy scores and with lower professionalism climate scores observed in medical students, residents, and faculty.
CONCLUSIONS: Investigators observed relationships between medical student burnout, empathy, and professionalism climate. These findings may have implications for the design of curriculum interventions to promote student well-being and professionalism.
Volume
85
Issue
10 Suppl
First Page
33
Last Page
36
ISSN
1938-808X
Published In/Presented At
Brazeau, C., Schroeder, R., Rovi, S., & Boyd, L. (2010). Relationships between medical student burnout, empathy, and professionalism climate. Academic Medicine: Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges, 85(10 Suppl), S33-S36. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ed4c47
Disciplines
Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Primary Care
PubMedID
20881699
LVHN link
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Document Type
Article