«In the past few years, working conditions in Portugal’s public healthcare sector have been deteriorating. Since the identification of the term ‘burnout’ in the 1970s, the syndrome has been consistently linked to work environments. Therefore, research on burnout among Portuguese healthcare workers is paramount and especially important among doctors, a class of healthcare workers that is particularly affected by this hazard.1 The significance of this research cannot be understated, as burnout is associated with dire consequences for doctors, their colleagues, their patients, and the healthcare system as a whole.1 Residency is a time when doctors are particularly vulnerable to burnout because of their young age, high workload, inadequate supervision, lack of autonomy, and the need for continued training/study outside of working hours.»

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