Burnout Impact on Medical Students’ Performance
in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Aziza A Alzubaidi; Abdullah A Al Shakhs; Fatimah M Alshakhs; Latifah A Alhashim; Mohammed A Almuhanna; Abdullah J Al Abbas; Meral F Alzimam; Yasir G Alrashdan; Ahmed A Alsaleh

Research Article

Burnout Impact on Medical Students’ Performance in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Aziza A Alzubaidi¹*, Abdullah A Al Shakhs², Fatimah M Alshakhs², Latifah A Alhashim², Mohammed A Almuhanna², Abdullah J Al Abbas³, Meral F Alzimam⁴, Yasir G Alrashdan⁴ and Ahmed A Alsaleh⁵

¹Pediatric senior resident, Saudi program, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

²King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

³Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

⁴Hail University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

⁵Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Received Date: February 01, 2020; Published Date: February 11, 2020

Abstract

Burnout is a mental condition described as a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job [1]. It is characterized by emotional exhaustion, energy depletion, a feeling of personal inefficacy and cynicism. Many studies concluded that medical student have high level of burnout, ranging from 45% to 50% [1-4]. One huge study done in Saudi Arabia, have reported that burnout level was very high among medical students (76.8%) [5]. Other study done in Lebanon found that burnout was higher among students in pre- clinic years comparing to clinic years (71%) [6,7].

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Aziza A A, Abdullah A A S, Fatimah M A, Latifah A A, Mohammed A A, et al. Burnout Impact on Medical Students’ Performance in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Open Access J Addict & Psychol. 3(3): 2020. OAJAP.MS.ID.000562.

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Research Article

Burnout Impact on Medical Students’ Performance in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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