Determining the feasibility and effectiveness of brief online mindfulness training for rural medical students: A pilot study
BMC Medical Education, ISSN: 1472-6920, Vol: 20, Issue: 1, Page: 104
2020
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- Citations41
- Citation Indexes41
- 41
- CrossRef20
- Captures169
- Readers169
- 168
Article Description
Background: We sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness training program, delivered online to medical students at a Rural Clinical School. Methods: An 8-week online training program was delivered to penultimate-year medical students at an Australian Rural Clinical School during 2016. Using a mixed methods approach, we measured the frequency and duration of participants' mindfulness meditation practice, and assessed changes in their perceived stress, self-compassion and compassion levels, as well as personal and professional attitudes and behaviours. Results: Forty-seven participants were recruited to the study. 50% of participants were practising mindfulness meditation at least weekly by the end of the 8-week program, and 32% reported practising at least weekly 4 months following completion of the intervention. There was a statistically significant reduction in participants' perceived stress levels and a significant increase in self-compassion at 4-month follow-up. Participants reported insights about the personal and professional impact of mindfulness meditation training as well as barriers to practice. Conclusions: The results provide preliminary evidence that online training in mindfulness meditation can be associated with reduced stress and increased self-compassion in rural medical students. More rigorous research is required to establish concrete measures of feasibility of a mindfulness meditation program.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85083072264&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02015-6; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32252750; https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-020-02015-6; https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02015-6
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