Learning Burnout of the 3rd and 4th Year Medical Technology Students Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
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Learning burnout, Medical Technology studentsAbstract
The purpose of this research was to study learning burnout prevalence and difference in burnout level of 241 junior and senior medical technology students, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University academic year 2022 that consisted of 161 regular students and 80 irregular students. Online questionnaire was used to collect personal data and burnout level of 3 aspects : emotional exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy. Focus group discussion was used to understand some issues at a deeper level. The results of research showed that the burnout level of irregular students was higher than those of the the 3rd and 4th year regular students respectively especially the high level of emotional exhaustion aspect in all 3 groups. The 3rd year regular students had less level score than the 4th year regular students and irregular students in cynicism and inefficacy aspects with statistical significance.
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