Collective pause: improving staff performance in acute medicine through a brief mindfulness‐based group programme
| Autor: | Ar Kar Aung, Jo Gibbs, Harry Gibbs, Abdul-Rahman Hudaib, Matthew J. Y. Kang, Rob Selzer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Medical education
Teamwork Mindfulness business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Focus Groups Focus group Feeling Multidisciplinary approach Surveys and Questionnaires Facilitator Internal Medicine Humans Medicine Safety culture Workplace business Qualitative Research media_common |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine Journal. 52:1394-1401 |
| ISSN: | 1445-5994 1444-0903 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Hospital wards are a complex and dynamic environment which rely on optimal staff performance. However, there is little research evaluating group interventions to improve staff attention and teamwork. AIMS To evaluate whether a regular, short and guided group mindfulness practice for staff in an acute general medicine team improves attention and teamwork. METHODS A 10-min program comprising mindfulness exercises and techniques was delivered daily to a multidisciplinary general medicine team based in a tertiary hospital for four weeks. This was undertaken immediately prior to the team's interdisciplinary ward round. We used a mixed-method design, with self-rated surveys to measure mindfulness and staff perception of hospital safety culture, and a focus group to understand participants' experiences. We estimated mean differences using Kruskal-Wallis tests across 10 time-points and thematically analysed recorded transcripts. RESULTS There was an increase in staff attention to the team meeting as measured by the decentering domain across time (p |
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