Burnout Common Among Medical Students, Mayo Clinic Study Shows; Medical School Curriculum Should Address Academic, Personal Stress Factors.

AScribe Health News Service, June, 2006

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Student distress is common in Minnesota medical schools -- 45 percent of students report they feel burned out -- and personal life events in the last 12 months appear to be especially powerful in contributing to burnout, according to the first formal study of burnout in American medical students. Appearing in Academic Medicine (v.81(4), April 2006, pp 374-384), the study from Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota calls for medical schools to prioritize addressing student burnout on personal and curricular levels as a means of safeguarding students' personal health -- and the future quality of medical care.

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