'You teach us to listen,… but you don’t teach us about suffering': self-care and resilience strategies in medical school curricula
Autor: | Sue Outram, Brian Kelly |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Medical education
medicine.medical_specialty Mindfulness Resilience business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Medical school Psychological intervention Eye-Opener Stress Medical curricula Mental health Education Distress Family medicine Self care Medicine Psychological resilience Self-care business Curriculum media_common |
Zdroj: | Perspectives on Medical Education |
ISSN: | 2212-277X |
Popis: | This article examines the pre-vocational preparation of doctors to cope with the demands of clinical practice, drawing on literature from across a number of domains: mental health, psychological stress among medical students and medical practitioners; and self-care strategies in medicine curricula. High rates of psychological distress in medical students and medical practitioners were consistently reported. A number of questions remain pertinent to medical education: how does the experience of medical education impact on this level of distress, and possibly exacerbate pre-existing student vulnerabilities? What will help future doctors respond to, and cope with, suffering in their patients? Can the formal curriculum build resilience? Medical schools and educators have a responsibility to address these questions and to provide effective self-care curricula. In this review promising interventions such as mindfulness training are reported, frameworks to guide self-awareness in medical students are suggested, and recommendations for a self-care curriculum are made. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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