Abstract:

Our aim was to determine the frequency of Burnout Syndrome in students and medical professionals enrolled to clinical activities in a medical school in Medellín, Colombia. Methodology: cross-sectional, prospective observational study. The study population were undergraduate, graduate students and medical teaching professionals with care burden, all over 18 years old. Information was obtained from primary sources through an instrument based on the Maslach Burnout Scale in Microsoft Forms. For qualitative variables, the absolute and relative frequencies were determined; for quantitative, the median and interquartile ranges were determined. Results: 144 people participated, 50.6% (73) were undergraduate students, 29.1% (42) were postgraduate students, and 20.3% (29) were teaching medical professionals. The median age was 26 years. 65.9% (95) were women while 34.1% (49) were male. 73.8% (31) of the postgraduate students reported sleeping <6 hours/day. Regarding emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, the undergraduate students were the ones who obtained the highest score, with an average of 29.3 (high) and 5.1 (low), respectively, while the professionals were the ones who stated that they felt less fulfilled on a personal level with a mean of 39.3 (medium). Conclusion: In the present study, it was possible to show that the most affected by burnout are undergraduate students, however, in terms of dissatisfaction with personal fulfillment, the most affected are professionals.

Keywords:

Depersonalization, anxiety, depression, burnout, psychological.