Medical Student Well-being Outcomes After a Novel Shared Meal and Resiliency Skills Course.

Autor: Babal JC; Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, babal@wisc.edu., Eskola L; Department of Hematology/Oncology, UWSMPH, Madison, Wisconsin., Jones A; Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin., Schultz RJ; College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin., Eickhoff JC; Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin [WMJ] 2023 Sep; Vol. 122 (4), pp. 272-276.
Abstrakt: Introduction: Medical student well-being is a major problem. The authors aimed to assess well-being outcomes 6-months after a novel extracurricular shared meal and resiliency course.
Methods: We implemented the course during 3 academic years (2018-2020). Participants received surveys assessing resilience, perspective-taking, self-compassion, and empathy at 4 timepoints. We used linear mixed effects models to assess changes from baseline to post-course assessments for the 3-year aggregate and pre-COVID and early-COVID time periods.
Results: One week and 6 months post-course, resilience, perspective-taking, and self-compassion scores improved ( P  < 0.01). Notably, resilience changed significantly only during early-COVID ( P  < 0.01), not pre-COVID ( P  = 0.16). For scores with evidence-based interpretation cut-offs, no clinical changes occurred.
Discussion: Several well-being measures statistically improved post-course but did not change clinically. Qualitative studies may better capture meaningful well-being outcome impact.
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Databáze: MEDLINE