Future of Medical Education Journal

Future of Medical Education Journal

Assessment of Burnout and Resilience Among Final-Year Medical Students in the University of Benghazi, Libya

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Sami A. Lawgaly
Najat O. Buzaid
Internal Medicine, Benghazi Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi, Libya
10.22038/fmej.2026.93395.1720
Abstract
Background: Burnout is common among medical students. Resilience is a protective and buffering response to overcome burnout and anxiety. The study aimed to assess the levels of burnout and resilience among final-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi.
Method: A cross-sectional study of a randomly selected sample of 199 final-year medical students was carried out between 2024 and 2025. Burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale, and resilience was evaluated by the ten-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.
Results: The mean resilience score was 66.6%. Most students showed resilience levels that were just above average in 47%, or above average in 34%. Regarding burnout, 110 students (55.3%) reported high exhaustion, 80 (40.2%) reported depersonalization, and 113 (56.7%) reported low self-accomplishment. In contrast, high personal accomplishment was above average in 14 students (30.4%) and average in 20 others (43.5%) (P = 0.006).
Conclusion: Nearly half of the studied group were at high risk of distress or had low resilience. Approximately half of them had exhaustion or low personal accomplishment, and more than one-third had high depersonalization. However, there was no significant association between resilience and gender, marital status, parenthood, working while studying, or having enough income.
Keywords
Burnout
Resilience
Medical Students
Medical Education
Libya
Subjects
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