Young doctors here hit hard by stress

A study conducted by doctors from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School and National Heart Centre Singapore has found that the majority of young doctors training to be specialists are feeling burnt-out, and this affects their ability to empathise with patients. The researchers surveyed nearly 500 medical residents across 34 specialities in three public hospitals, eight in 10 of whom said they felt emotionally exhausted, lacking in personal accomplishment, or some degree of depersonalisation. These are generally considered to be the three components of burnout. The study was published in the Singapore Medical Journal in October 2017.

• The Straits Times, 20 November 2017, Top of the News, Front Page & pA4
• The New Paper, 20 November 2017, p9