Under pressure: Medical school burnout

This video describes burnout and how it affects people’s mental health with a particular emphasis on burnout that occurs for students in medical school. The video describes the differences between burnout and stress. It also provides resources and techniques for handling burnout in high-pressure situations such as medical school.

This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Meena Alnajar, Rimsha Amin, Omar AlNaji and Jake Brick.

Copyright McMaster University 2020

Media Credit: Music audio is ‘Once Again’ from Bensound.com

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