title: [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].
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 physicians productive and in good mental health.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Carolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum Nürnberg Nord.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinmann
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Christian M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eßel
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.affiliation: Klinik Meissenberg AG, Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Spezialklinik für Frauen Zug/Schweiz.
authors.forename: Pascal H M
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Burger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work; D055815:Young Adult