Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Background: Medical students experience high levels of psychological stress during clinical training. However, most medical curricula do not teach self-care skills. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted medical education causing increased distress among students. Aim: To report the implemen...

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Autores principales:	Zúñiga,Denisse, Torres-Sahli,Manuel, Nitsche,Pía, Echeverría,Guadalupe, Pedrals,Nuria, Grassi,Bruno, Cisternas,Marcela, Rigotti,Attilio, Bitran,Marcela
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Mindfulness Self Care Students, Medical
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720210006008462021-11-03Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemicZúñiga,DenisseTorres-Sahli,ManuelNitsche,PíaEcheverría,GuadalupePedrals,NuriaGrassi,BrunoCisternas,MarcelaRigotti,AttilioBitran,Marcela COVID-19 Mindfulness Self Care Students, Medical ABSTRACT Background: Medical students experience high levels of psychological stress during clinical training. However, most medical curricula do not teach self-care skills. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted medical education causing increased distress among students. Aim: To report the implementation and impact of an eight-week multifaceted mindfulness-based self-care program on medical students’ distress and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-three fourth-year medical students attended the program as part of a mandatory course from April to May 2020, during the rising phase of COVID-19 in Chile. They were evaluated using validated tests before and immediately after the program. The measures included burnout, dispositional mindfulness, perceived stress, traumatic stress reactions, general well-being, resilience, and stress coping strategies. Results: Burnout prevalence decreased from 48% to 24%, whereas students with high dispositional mindfulness increased from 25% to 44%. Burnout reduction was mostly due to decreased emotional exhaustion. Additionally, students reported lower levels of stress, self-blaming, and traumatic stress reactions alongside an increased use of active coping strategies and resilience levels after the program. Conclusions: A formal educational intervention, teaching self-awareness and self-regulation skills can help reduce medical students’ distress and promote their well-being even amidst a pandemic.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.149 n.6 20212021-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872021000600846en10.4067/s0034-98872021000600846
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 Mindfulness Self Care Students, Medical Zúñiga,Denisse Torres-Sahli,Manuel Nitsche,Pía Echeverría,Guadalupe Pedrals,Nuria Grassi,Bruno Cisternas,Marcela Rigotti,Attilio Bitran,Marcela Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
description	ABSTRACT Background: Medical students experience high levels of psychological stress during clinical training. However, most medical curricula do not teach self-care skills. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted medical education causing increased distress among students. Aim: To report the implementation and impact of an eight-week multifaceted mindfulness-based self-care program on medical students’ distress and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-three fourth-year medical students attended the program as part of a mandatory course from April to May 2020, during the rising phase of COVID-19 in Chile. They were evaluated using validated tests before and immediately after the program. The measures included burnout, dispositional mindfulness, perceived stress, traumatic stress reactions, general well-being, resilience, and stress coping strategies. Results: Burnout prevalence decreased from 48% to 24%, whereas students with high dispositional mindfulness increased from 25% to 44%. Burnout reduction was mostly due to decreased emotional exhaustion. Additionally, students reported lower levels of stress, self-blaming, and traumatic stress reactions alongside an increased use of active coping strategies and resilience levels after the program. Conclusions: A formal educational intervention, teaching self-awareness and self-regulation skills can help reduce medical students’ distress and promote their well-being even amidst a pandemic.
author	Zúñiga,Denisse Torres-Sahli,Manuel Nitsche,Pía Echeverría,Guadalupe Pedrals,Nuria Grassi,Bruno Cisternas,Marcela Rigotti,Attilio Bitran,Marcela
author_facet	Zúñiga,Denisse Torres-Sahli,Manuel Nitsche,Pía Echeverría,Guadalupe Pedrals,Nuria Grassi,Bruno Cisternas,Marcela Rigotti,Attilio Bitran,Marcela
author_sort	Zúñiga,Denisse
title	Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short	Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full	Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr	Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort	reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2021
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872021000600846
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Reduced burnout and higher mindfulness in medical students after a self-care program during the COVID-19 pandemic

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