Academic factors associated with burnout in Malaysian medical students: a cross-sectional study

Norwati, Daud and Nurulhuda, Mat Hassan and Mohamad Najib, Mat Pa (2020) Academic factors associated with burnout in Malaysian medical students: a cross-sectional study. Education in Medicine Journal, 12 (2). pp. 49-58. ISSN 2180-1932

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Abstract

Medical programme is known to be stressful, not only because of its known academic workload but also its duration is longer than other programmes. Medical students should prepare themselves academically, psychologically and physically. Due to the programme expectations, many medical students face problems and difficulties in coping with the programme. Stress, burnout and mental health issues such as anxiety and depression are not uncommon among medical students. Due to these reasons, the prevalence of stress among medical students is high and the most common source of stress was academic-related (1–2). In addition to that, the prevalence of burnout among them is also high (3–4). The relationship between stress and burnout has been proven in many studies (5–7).

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