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Triggering And Protective Factors Of Burnout In Medical Resident Physicians In A Lower-Middle-Income Country: A Cross-Sectional Study, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Aqusa Zahid, Noreen Nasir, Munaim Tahir, Uzma Ghouri, Aysha Almas

Section of Internal Medicine

Background: Residents and interns are prone to emotional and physical exhaustion, also known as burnout. Burnout has not been studied much in physicians working in lower-middle income countries. We conducted this study to determine the burden of burnout among internal medicine residents and to identify triggering and protective factors associated with burnout.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two institutes in Karachi from 2018 to 2019. All residents registered in the internal medicine program for at least 6 months were invited to participate via an online survey. An abbreviated version of the Maslach Burnout scale was used …

Inspire : Vol 4, Issue 5, Department Of Medicine

INSPIRE

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• Message from the Chair
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