Medical students and junior doctors experience significant stress during their training. Mindfulness has been identified as a potential tool for mitigating stress and improving wellbeing in these populations. Recently, online mindfulness programs have been evaluated due to their perceived enhanced accessibility, flexibility and standardisation compared to in-person delivery. Undertaken in...
Abstract Background Junior doctor training is stressful and associated with significant challenges, including poor mental health and burnout. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) are increasingly being offered within junior doctor education programs to support junior doctor wellbeing, with online platforms for delivery attracting interest. Methods This mixed-method randomised waitlist control...
Background: Medical students experience high levels of stress during their training. Literature suggests that mindfulness can reduce stress and increase self-compassion levels in medical students. Most mindfulness training programs are delivered face-to-face and require significant time commitments, which can be difficult to achieve for rurally-based students with heavy academic workloads. Aim:...