Can Burnout be Blamed for Unprofessionalism Among Medical Students?
JAMA this week released the findings of a study which looked at the toll burnout is taking among medical students.The article is titled the "Relationship Between Burnout and Professional Conduct and Attitudes Among US Medical Students".
Hypothesis: "...professional conduct, attitudes regarding appropriate relations with industry, and attitudes regarding physicians' responsibility to society are influenced more by medical students' degree of professional distress than personal distress."
Conclusion: "Burnout was associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct and less altruistic professional values among medical students at 7 US schools."
To read more click on the title to take you to JAMA's website.
JAMA. 2010;304(11):1173-1180. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1318
Labels: burnout, medical education, medical student behavior, medical students, professionalism, stress, unprofessional conduct
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