Objective and Aim: In today’s world new doctors who are taken anesthesia as a speciality training is face challenges in terms of infrastructure and high workload in hospital with undefined working hours. This study was initiated among PG student or residents to compare the stress and burnout levels at a tertiary care academic center in Katihar, Bihar.

Method: After getting ethical committee approval, this comparative observational study was conducted among 100 residents (50 each from surgical branches and anesthesia) were surveyed for the observational trial conducted at a tertiary care academic center in Katihar, Bihar. Predesigned questionary was prepared to evaluate gender, age, marital status, year of studentship or residency, Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire-12 and Perceived Stress Scale-10. Between residents of anesthesia and surgical specialties, burnout and perceived stress were compared.

Results: In perceived stress, namely 21 and 18, respectively, PG Students and residents of both surgical and anesthesia branches scored high. In surgical residents (P = 0.03), the score was significantly higher and increased progressively with the year of residency. Overloaded with work felt by the majority of residents (90% surgical, 80% anesthesia). lack of development of individual skills was considered for the overgrowing work load only by 20%–30% of respondents and less than 10% was reported giving up in view of difficulties.

Conclusion: High level of stress and overload dimension of burnout was observed among PG student or residents of both surgical and anesthesia branches and compare to anesthesia residents surgical residents score marginally higher.

Keyword: Psychological stress, PG student or residents, anesthesia and surgical.

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Dr Rakesh Ranjan Singh

Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Katihar Medical College & Hospital, Karimbagh, Katihar, Bihar