AUTHOR=Yacoubian Aline , Degheili Jad A. , Der-Boghossian Asdghig , Najdi Jad , Andraos Rebecca , Zeineldine Salah 

TITLE=Burnout among postgraduate medical trainees in Lebanon: Potential strategies to promote wellbeing

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1045300

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.1045300

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>Burnout is a widespread issue in healthcare for many years. Lebanon combatted political and economic crises before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in addition to the port explosion in August 2020. The study aimed to identify the determinants of personal burnout, patient-related burnout, and work-related burnout among postgraduate medical trainees (PGMT) and evaluate its relationship with sociodemographic characteristics.</p></sec><sec><title>Design</title><p>A cross-sectional study utilized the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) involving electronic, voluntary, and anonymous survey. The survey was completed by 188 PGMT including residents and fellows from all specialties and all levels of training.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The prevalence rates are 68.6% for personal burnout, 63.3% for work-related burnout, and 35.1% for patient-related burnout.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Results improve our understanding of the phenomenon of burnout, and the role of program leadership in shaping the impact of burnout on training and promoting wellbeing of PGMT. Discussion focuses on providing potential wellbeing strategies for program directors to follow for mitigating burnout.</p></sec>