Physics

Disengagement theory

Depression (economics)

Alcohol consumption

Medical education

Clinical psychology

Mental health

Psychiatry

Macroeconomics

Burnout

Psychology

Economics

Chemistry

Scale (ratio)

Alcohol

Anxiety

Quantum mechanics

Gerontology

Biochemistry

Medicine

International Review of Psychiatry

Medical students' wellbeing and mental health requires nurturing in order for them to build success in their careers, help people while doing so, and to be happy. To better characterise the current state of wellbeing in medical schools in Wales, medical students from Cardiff and Swansea Universities were asked to complete an online survey as part of a larger international survey regarding their mental health and wellbeing. 266 students responded out of approximately 2150, a rate of 12%. 44 students received a mental health diagnosis whilst at medical school (predominantly depression or anxiety), 65 scored threshold for concerning alcohol consumption using the CAGE questionnaire, and 224 and 230 students reached threshold for the disengagement and exhaustion components of the Oldenburg Burnout Scale, respectively.

Wellbeing and burnout among medical students in Wales