Abstract

LORETTO, Nelson Rubens Mendes; MARTINS, Isabela Andrade de Figueirêdo  and  ABATAYGUARA, Mila Maria Freitas. Burnout in dentistry students: a comparative cohort of two curricular models. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.2, pp. 147-152. ISSN 1677-3888.

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of burnout syndrome among students during the academic training in a dental school of Pernambuco's public system through a prospective cohort study, analytical, accomplished with 65 enrolled students and freshmen at 2007.2 and 2008.1 and submitted to two diff erent curriculum models. Data were obtained from a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Student Survey (MBI-SS). The project was approved by the Ethics Committee at the University of Pernambuco Opinion 031/2009. The results indicated that 6.1% of respondents are with the syndrome and 4.5% are at risk for SB but most students of the old and new curricula is without burnout. The model curriculum routed the period was significantly associated with emotional exhaustion and professional efficacy, whereas sex was significantly associated with the dimensions of emotional exhaustion in the overall sample

Keywords : Students; Dental Burnout; Professional Universities; School dental.