Development and Correlation of Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns, Burnout and Quality of Life in Medical Students from their Freshmanship to the First State Examination

Scholz M, Neumann C, Steinmann C, Hammer C, Schröder A, Essel N, Paulsen F, Burger PHM (2015)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie Georg Thieme Verlag

Book Volume: 65

Pages Range: 93-98

Journal Issue: 3/04

DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1375630

Abstract

Symptoms of burnout are common among medical students. Although they usually start with a good health status, their condition deteriorates over the course of their studies. In our study ESTRELLAS we examined 530 medical students in the preclinical semesters with validated psychological questionnaires. The longer the students were studying, the more showed risky working habits. Cognitive and emotional burnout symptoms increased coincidentally in their intensity, whereas the mental quality of life continuously deteriorated. Medical students' cognitive and emotional burnout symptoms are constantly increasing from the beginning of their studies. Contemporaneously, the mental quality of life is deteriorating. This might be based on a drastic change towards risky working habits. We suggest to actively work against this process to keep our motivated students and prospective physi-cians productive and in good mental health.

Authors with CRIS profile

Michael Scholz Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle und Klinische Anatomie Christian Hammer Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle und Klinische Anatomie Antje Schröder Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle und Klinische Anatomie Friedrich Paulsen Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle und Klinische Anatomie

Involved external institutions

Klinikum Nürnberg DE Germany (DE) Klinik Meissenberg AG CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Scholz, M., Neumann, C., Steinmann, C., Hammer, C., Schröder, A., Essel, N.,... Burger, P.H.M. (2015). Development and Correlation of Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns, Burnout and Quality of Life in Medical Students from their Freshmanship to the First State Examination. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 65(3/04), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1375630

MLA:

Scholz, Michael, et al. "Development and Correlation of Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns, Burnout and Quality of Life in Medical Students from their Freshmanship to the First State Examination." Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie 65.3/04 (2015): 93-98.

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