Burnout and serious thoughts of dropping out of medical school: A multi-institutional study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Dyrbye, Liselotte N ^a   Thomas, Matthew R ^a   Power, David V ^b   Durning, Steven ^c   Moutier, Christine ^d   Massie, F Stanford ^e   Harper, William ^f   Eacker, Anne ^g   Szydlo, Daniel W ^h   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Shanafelt, Tait D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 75149193195     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c46aad     Document Type: Article

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