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Burnout among emergency and surgery residents

An exploration of contributing factors and implications

Mohammed S. Bu Bshait, Ahmad A. Al Abdulqader, Abdullah K. Almaqhawi, Haytham M. Alarfaj, Nawaf A. Al Khashram, Alwaleed A. Alqarni, Mohammed K. Alghamdi, Abdulrahman A. Alshehri, Saad N. Alharthi, Ali M. Alajmi and Abdullah E. Al-Melaifi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2024, 45 (11) 1270-1276; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240436
Mohammed S. Bu Bshait
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah K. Almaqhawi
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Haytham M. Alarfaj
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nawaf A. Al Khashram
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alwaleed A. Alqarni
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed K. Alghamdi
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman A. Alshehri
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saad N. Alharthi
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali M. Alajmi
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah E. Al-Melaifi
From the Departments of Surgery (Bu Bshait, Al Abdulqader, Alarfaj); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Almaqhawi); from the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al Khashram), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, and from the College of Medicine (Alqarni, Alghamdi, Alshehri, Alharthi, Alajmi, Al-Melaifi), King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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