A mixed methods study on the association between burnout symptoms and expectations regarding clerkships in Dutch medical students

Background: Over half of the Dutch students experience burnout symptoms. In order to design effective interventions, it is important to know more about cognitions and behaviors that relate to burnout. An example of such cognitions might be inaccurate expectations of medical students regarding their study, as studies in other populations already indicated that unmet expectations can relate to burnout symptoms. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between an expectation-reality mismatch of medical students and burnout symptoms. Methods: We performed an exploratory mixed methods study consisting of two sequential data collection methods. Firstly, individual semi-structured interviews were performed with six students to explore expectations. Secondly, we designed an anonymous questionnaire to explore presence of expectation mismatches and the relationship with burnout symptoms. Burnout was assessed using the short Burnout Assessment Tool (sBAT). The data in this folder consist of: 1. The protocol of the semi-structured interviews in English and Dutch 2. The anonymous verbatims of the interviews in English and Dutch 3. The coding of the interviews in English and Dutch 4. The answers to the anonymous questionnaire and the sBAT in English and Dutch 5. Informed consent form. In this new version the coding of the interviews (in English and Dutch) was added to the collection.