Your Wellbeing
Burnout Check
Five honest questions that give you a reflection score and next-step guidance — not a diagnosis. Pre-med burnout often shows up quietly before it feels overwhelming. This check-in helps you catch it early.
Signs worth paying attention to
- Studying but nothing sticking, even after hours
- Feeling irritable, flat, or detached from things you usually enjoy
- Losing sight of why you wanted medicine in the first place
- Sleep and food feeling like luxuries instead of basics
- Dreading the week before it's even started
If several of these feel familiar, take the check-in below. Then look at the resources at the bottom of your result.
Your Wellbeing
Burnout Check
Five honest questions. This gives you a reflection score and next-step guidance, not a diagnosis. Take it whenever something feels off.
1. How often do you feel emotionally drained after a day of classes or studying?
2. When you think about your future in medicine, how do you feel?
3. How well are you sleeping and taking care of basic needs, such as food, exercise, downtime?
4. How much do you feel like yourself outside of your pre-med role?
5. When you're struggling, do you have people or resources you feel comfortable reaching out to?
In the meantime
What to do between check-ins
A check-in is most useful when it connects to something actionable. Here's where to go next.
Log your weekly wellness
The Wellness tool tracks your energy and stress over time so you can spot patterns before they become problems.
Read the Mindset section
Practical frameworks for handling comparison, building sustainable habits, and staying connected to your why.
Talk to someone
Moravian Counseling Services is free and confidential for all students. You don't need to be in crisis to use it.
Check your course load
The Plan & Check tool has a prerequisite tracker and course planner. Sometimes burnout is a scheduling problem.