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Article
Addressing Burnout: A Narrative Medicine Curriculum for Millennial Medical Students
Author(s)
Eugene C. Lee, Anne M. Jacobson, Monica Maalouf
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2020.12.004
Affiliation(s)
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, United States
ABSTRACT
Medical school is a stressful
time for physicians in training and correlates with an increase in rates of burnout.
In addition to typical stressors, millennial students in particular may face additional
challenges as studies suggest they tend to learn differently than their older counterparts.
Teaching medical students’ techniques to address burnout, and developing curriculum
that addresses social media in medicine, may help students build skills to mitigate
burnout during their future careers. Medical educators at the Stritch School of
Medicine created a narrative medicine elective for students in their clinical years
with this philosophy in mind. Evaluation of the curriculum from pre- and post-elective
surveys showed that the elective was effective in addressing symptoms of burnout,
specifically emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and improved student comfort
with social media as a medical professional.
KEYWORDS
burnout, narrative medicine, social media, millennial medical student
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