Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 12 3 2017 06 28 214 218 EN Atefe Kamaloo Department of psychiatry Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Ahmad Ahmadipour Department of psychiatry Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Ali labbaf Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Elham Hesari Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran Somaye Valadkhani Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran Jeyran Zebardast Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Arbabi Department of psychiatry,psychosomatic ward,Imam Khomeini hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2017 06 28 Objective: Emergency medicine residents are a high–risk group for burnout syndrome. This was a qualitative study with content analysis on emergency medical residents with 2 aims: evaluating the incidence of occupational burnout syndrome and identifying the points of view and attitudes of emergency medical residents about factors related to occupational burnout syndrome. Method: For this study, 2 sessions of focus group discussions were set up at Imam Khomeini hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Each session took 90 minutes, and 20 emergency medicine residents in their first or second year of emergency medicine residency participated in the sessions. Data were coded   by MAXQDA10 software. Results: Data were categorized in 4 themes as follow: (1) the characteristics of emergency medicine; (2) ambiguity in residents’ duties; (3) educational planning; and (4) careers. Data on the proposed solutions by residents were analyzed and coded in 3 groups including (1) changes in personal life; (2) arrangement in shifts; and  (3) educational issues. Conclusion: According to findings of this qualitative study, most of emergency medicine residents have experienced exhaustion sometime during the course of their residency. Psychological supports may help the residents to cope with their career difficulties and probable burn out. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/1116 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/1116/648