Burnout and psychiatric morbidity among medical students entering clinical training: a three year prospective questionnaire and interview-based study

摘要

BackgroundMental distress among medical students is often reported. Burnout has not been studied frequently and studies using interviewer-rated diagnoses as outcomes are rarely employed. The objective of this prospective study of medical students was to examine clinically significant psychiatric morbidity and burnout at 3^rd year of medical school, considering personality and study conditions measured at 1^st year.