How to Prevent Burnout in Medical Residents: Literature Review | AJBSR

Background: Healthy settings involve a holistic and multidisciplinary method that integrates actions towards risk factors. In hospital settings, a high level of stress can lead to depression, anxiety, decreased job satisfaction and lower loyalty to the organization. Objective: This study was to perform a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of burnout among medical residents to develop strategies to support residents' personal and professional development. Methods: The Medline database was searched with burnout and resident search words. Inclusion criteria of articles for review were published in an English-language peer-reviewed journal from January 2010 to October 2018.Total 12 eligible studies were included in literature review. Results: We identified 12 studies including 9796 participants, conducted across the world and covering different specialties which include Oncology, EM, Otolaryngologist, Psychiatry, General surgery, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery and Radiology. All the 12 studies included 11 articles on descriptive cross-sectional studies and 1 article on analysis of variance, longitudinal study. Review results mainly pointed out the significance high prevalence and the need for systematic measures for prevention medical residents' burnout Conclusion: These studies revealed high level of burnout among medical residents, whose stresses were mainly from working situation, emotional pressure and demands from patients. Action plan for resident burnout syndrome prevention is to develop a better training program and enhance medical resident well-being