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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 31, 2019 - Issue 7-8: Mental Health and Wellbeing of Doctors and Medical Students
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Wellbeing and burnout among medical students in Wales

Sarah Marie FarrellNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; ;Oxford Clinical Academic Graduate School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;
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Andrew MolodynskiOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK; ;Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Debbie CohenSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK;
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Andrew J. GrantSchool of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK;
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Sarah ReesSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK;
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Alexandre WullshlegerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany;
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Thomas LewisTees, Esk and Wear Valleys, NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Murtaza KadhumOxford Clinical Academic Graduate School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;
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Pages 613-618 | Received 24 Sep 2019, Accepted 25 Sep 2019, Published online: 22 Oct 2019
 
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Abstract

Medical students’ wellbeing and mental health requires nurturing in order for them to build success in their careers, help people while doing so, and to be happy. To better characterise the current state of wellbeing in medical schools in Wales, medical students from Cardiff and Swansea Universities were asked to complete an online survey as part of a larger international survey regarding their mental health and wellbeing. 266 students responded out of approximately 2150, a rate of 12%. 44 students received a mental health diagnosis whilst at medical school (predominantly depression or anxiety), 65 scored threshold for concerning alcohol consumption using the CAGE questionnaire, and 224 and 230 students reached threshold for the disengagement and exhaustion components of the Oldenburg Burnout Scale, respectively.

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