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Table 3 Academic and Work-related Factors of the Study Participants

From: Prevalence and associated factors of burnout among Debre Berhan University medical students: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Response

Frequency (n = 144)

Percentage (%)

Being comfortable with the learning environment

Yes

24

16.7

No

120

83.3

Being comfortable with the teaching-learning process

Yes

14

9.7

No

130

90.3

Impact of the distance between university and hospital on the clerkship program

Yes

86

86.0

No

14

14.0

Satisfied with practices lecturers

Yes

39

27.1

No

105

72.9

Satisfied with class lecturers

Yes

29

20.1

No

115

79.9

Administrative problems

Yesa

55

38.2

No

89

61.8

Bothered by the educational system

Yes

96

66.7

No

48

33.3

Study overload

Yes

142

98.6

No

2

1.4

Academic pressure

Yes

117

81.3

No

27

18.8

Spending most of the time in the Hospital

Yes

68

68.0

No

32

32.0

Exposure to human suffering

Yes

67

67.0

No

33

33.0

Student-senior relationship

Bad

12

8.3

Fair

80

55.6

Good

52

36.1

The rigidness of the curriculum

very tight

121

84.0

Fairly enough time

20

13.9

Enough time

3

2.1

Rotation in hospital wards is stressful

Yes

57

57.0

No

43

43.0

Stressful unit in Hospital

Emergency

Yes

46

46.0

No

54

54.0

Obs. and Gyn.

Yes

27

27.0

No

73

73.0

Internal medicine

Yes

39

39.0

No

61

61.0

Paediatrics

Yes

15

15.0

No

85

85.0

Surgery

Yes

38

38.0

No

62

62.0

Comfortable with night duties

not at all

30

41.7

sometimes

31

43.1

most of the time

11

15.3

Courses and their time allocation

no enough

112

77.8

enough time

28

19.4

excess allocation of time

4

2.8

  1. alack of senior lecturer in some courses, lack of exam schedule, delay in problem-solving, poor coordination, transportation problem and poor attention given for their questions