| Sumario: | Objective: To determine the score in the dimensions of Burnout Syndrome (BS), according to the year of study among medical students from eight Latin American countries. Methodology: a cross-sectional analytical study, carried out in 2649 medical students from nine universities in eight Latin American countries, during 2016- 2017. For the present study, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) test was applied, from which we obtained three dimensions: exhaustion, self-efficacy, and cynicism, which were crossed in the Stata 11.1 program according to the year of study and adjusted with Generalized Linear Models (GLM, for its acronym in English), for sex, age, type of university and location of the respondent. Results: In the multivariate analysis, we found that, as the year of study increased, the score in exhaustion increased (third year: +2.6 points, p-value <0.001; fourth year: +1.8 points, p-value = 0.028 and fifth year: +3 points, p-value = 0.007). According to the study year, the scores on self-efficacy and cynicism did not have statistically significant variations. In addition, women had a higher score in exhaustion (+0.7 points, p-value = 0.006) and lower in cynicism (-0.5, p-value <0.001). Conclusions: The exhaustion score increases as the academic year increases, but the other components did not significantly change. Women obtain a higher score in exhaustion, although lower in cynicism. Educational institutions should generate detection programs for these students, providing them with academic support strategies.
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