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Thus, we investigated whether it is also present in the medical student community, which faces the main characteristics of the syndrome from the beginning of their educational career.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The research was conducted on a sample of 400 Greek medical students at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, using the Maslach Basic Inventory questionnaire with three sections: exhaustion, depersonalization, and low satisfaction with personal achievements. The sample was analyzed based on the parameters of gender and the year of study of each individual participant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 33.5% of the participants were found to have a high risk or tendency for burnout syndrome, 11.75% of whom were at high risk and suffered from the syndrome. Moreover, 21.75% of the participants had a tendency toward suffering the syndrome. No remarkable correlation was discovered for the gender variable, whereas, for the year of study, there was an important correlation between the more senior years (5<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> and 6<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>) and higher risk.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The syndrome\u2019s prevalence from the survey is scientifically important, urging the academic community to examine whether, instead of shaping healthy doctors, in reality, the education system produces patients with the syndrome. Protective measures include cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, the six-stage adult learning technique, periodical screening of the syndrome, as well as encouragement for higher personal achievements.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2025.1538393","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,28]],"date-time":"2025-05-28T15:24:32Z","timestamp":1748445872000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Evaluating burnout syndrome among medical students at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Angelopoulos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georgia-Nektaria","family":"Porfyri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Angelos","family":"Ntikos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioanna","family":"Chioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chrysovalantis","family":"Fagogenis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vasiliki","family":"Tarantili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anastasia","family":"Konsta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540-4560.1974.tb00706.x","article-title":"Staff burn-out","volume":"30","author":"Freudenberger","year":"1974","journal-title":"J Soc Issue"},{"volume-title":"Burn-out an \u201cOccupational phenomenon\u201d: International Classification of Disease","year":"2019","key":"B2"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4324\/9781315227979","volume-title":"Professional burnout: Recent developments in theory and researc","author":"Schaufeli","year":"2017"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.spsy.2018.06.005","article-title":"Le syndrome d\u2019\u00e9puisement professionnel: d\u00e9finition, typologie et prise en charge [Burnout syndrome: definition, typology and management","volume":"39","author":"Roy","year":"2018","journal-title":"Soins Psychiat"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"k5268","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.k5268","article-title":"Brief history of burnout","volume":"363","author":"Samra","year":"2018","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"397","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.psych.52.1.397","article-title":"Job burnout","volume":"52","author":"Maslach","year":"2001","journal-title":"Annu Rev Psycho"},{"volume-title":"Pathological Altruis","year":"2012","author":"Oakley","key":"B7"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1007\/s00134-023-07025-8","article-title":"High-level burnout in physicians and nurses working in adult ICUs: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"49","author":"Papazian","year":"2023","journal-title":"Intensive Care Me"},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jan.14839","article-title":"Nurses\u2019 burnout and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"77","author":"Galanis","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Adv Nur"},{"key":"B10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj-2022-070442","article-title":"Associations of physician burnout with career engagement and quality of patient care: systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"378","author":"Hodkinson","year":"2022","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"B11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60040575","article-title":"Is there a burnout epidemic among medical students? 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