Abstract
Burnout is broadly used term that is spread more recently than before. Medical student burnout can cause serious distress on the student that could cause severe consequences. There has been increased attention to burnout and many studies has been conducted to estimate the prevalence and the effect of burnout. This study aims to use the Maslach Burnout Syndrome (MBI) to estimate the prevalence and extent of burnout in medical students at the University of Jeddah in 2021. A cross section study was used. The study included 271 medical students in university of Jeddah who completed the second year (first in the college) until the end of internship of 2021 batch. The total of participants in the study is 271 and they completed a self-administered questionnaire. 27% of participants are females and 73% are males. According to the method of the assessment, the prevalence of burnout is 20%. The three areas of burnout i.e., Burnout, depersonalization, and personal achievements has been found to be in mild to high rate category with (20%) of medical students having burnout.