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Association of gap year and burnout among first-year medical students of FEU-NRMF / Samantha Flora Obias, Jan Czerny Oraiz, Robie Lee Palmero, Aaron Jed Paulino, Ellyana Shannen Samson, Niczon See, Janna Katrina Silverio, Rex Marvin Superiano, Alexis John Tabbilos, Kea Zhairel Vega, Arianne Villaroman and Sir Joshua James Villaruel.

Contributor(s): Language: english Publication details: Fairview, Quezon City: Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2022.Description: 15 pages: tables; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • M CFM 2022 0017
Summary: Abstract: Every year, a number of students decide to take a year off following the standard 4-year undergraduate school curriculum, known as 'gap year', before applying for medical school. Studies have shown that there is a prevalence of burnout in the medical field. It was reported that burnout imposes a negative impact on the academics and personal life of the students, which may affect their professional life later on and ultimately hamper patient care. This study aimed to determine the association between gap year and burnout in terms of disengagement and exhaustion among first-year medical students of FEU-NRMF. A cross-sectional study was used to determine the association between gap year and burnout in terms of disengagement and exhaustion among first-year medical students of FEU-NRMF. It employed the use of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI-S) questionnaire and SPSS statistics software to process and analyze the data gathered. Mann-Whitney test analysis was utilized to determine the association of gap year and burnout. The overall response rate was 80%. The result showed significantly higher exhaustion average score in students without gap year (3.2146±0.39354) as compared to those who took gap year (2.9178±0.45511), but both fall under the high top quartile group. Likewise, a higher disengagement average score (2.8036±0.56269) was found in non gap students in comparison with students with gap year (2.5068±0.044041) and were categorized as average and bottom low quartile, respectively. Moreover, exhaustion in both gap year and non gap year groups (U=298, p=.014) were found to be statistically significantly associated while no significant association was found between gap year or non gap year and disengagement. Generally, is a significant association between taking a gap year and burnout in terms od exhaustion. This result was consistent with the study conducted by Guang et.al. (2018) which reported that students who took gap years before entering medical school are less likely to experience burnout as compared to those who did not. Moreover, a study by Krokter Kogoj et.al. (2014) also yielded similar results wherein students had highest scores on exhaustion subscale than on disengagement.
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Abstract: Every year, a number of students decide to take a year off following the standard 4-year undergraduate school curriculum, known as 'gap year', before applying for medical school. Studies have shown that there is a prevalence of burnout in the medical field. It was reported that burnout imposes a negative impact on the academics and personal life of the students, which may affect their professional life later on and ultimately hamper patient care. This study aimed to determine the association between gap year and burnout in terms of disengagement and exhaustion among first-year medical students of FEU-NRMF. A cross-sectional study was used to determine the association between gap year and burnout in terms of disengagement and exhaustion among first-year medical students of FEU-NRMF. It employed the use of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI-S) questionnaire and SPSS statistics software to process and analyze the data gathered. Mann-Whitney test analysis was utilized to determine the association of gap year and burnout. The overall response rate was 80%. The result showed significantly higher exhaustion average score in students without gap year (3.2146±0.39354) as compared to those who took gap year (2.9178±0.45511), but both fall under the high top quartile group. Likewise, a higher disengagement average score (2.8036±0.56269) was found in non gap students in comparison with students with gap year (2.5068±0.044041) and were categorized as average and bottom low quartile, respectively. Moreover, exhaustion in both gap year and non gap year groups (U=298, p=.014) were found to be statistically significantly associated while no significant association was found between gap year or non gap year and disengagement. Generally, is a significant association between taking a gap year and burnout in terms od exhaustion. This result was consistent with the study conducted by Guang et.al. (2018) which reported that students who took gap years before entering medical school are less likely to experience burnout as compared to those who did not. Moreover, a study by Krokter Kogoj et.al. (2014) also yielded similar results wherein students had highest scores on exhaustion subscale than on disengagement.

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