BMC Medical Education
August 12, 2026
Sarah Moore, Hanh Ngo, Kirsten Auret et al.
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...
International Journal of Whole Person Care
August 8, 2026
Sarah Moore, Rita Barbour, Hanh Ngo et al.
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:...
Mindfulness
August 1, 2026
Kevin Berryman, Linda Barclay, Craig Hassed et al.
Abstract Recent concerns about meditation-related adverse effects (MRAEs) have led to calls for more rigorous informed consent in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). This paper examines whether consent procedures are warranted, and under what circumstances, and of what kind, across the diverse settings in which mindfulness is delivered. Drawing on bioethics and the informed consent...
Mindfulness
February 24, 2026
Larissa Bartlett, Rohan Puri, Amanda L. Neil et al.
Abstract Objectives To offer another lens to study how mindfulness influences behaviours and social relationships, this paper reports the creation of the Observed Mindful Behaviours (OMB) scale. The OMB responds to limitations in current evidence in mindfulness research, including the reliance on self-report data. Method Refinements to an existing 9-item scale were tested in two samples ( n =...
BMC Medical Education
October 22, 2024
S Moore, Nahal Mavaddat, Kirsten Auret et al.
9 citations
Evidence for the longer-term benefits of online mindfulness training for medical students, including in the reduction of stress and improved wellbeing, is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a novel online mindfulness training program on trait mindfulness, wellbeing and study engagement of medical students at program completion and 6-month follow-up. This was a randomised...
JMIR Formative Research
October 5, 2022
Muskan Yadav, Sandra L Neate, Craig Hassed et al.
8 citations
Digital health interventions provide a cost effective and accessible means for positive behavior change. However, high participant attrition is common and facilitators for implementation of behaviors are not well understood. The goal of the research was to identify elements of a digital mindfulness course that aided in course completion and implementation of teachings. Inductive thematic...
Frontiers in Public Health
2022
Sandra L Neate, Jeanette C Reece, Craig Hassed et al.
4 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions are associated with improved health and wellbeing. Online mindfulness interventions offer potential scalability and cost advantages over face-to-face interventions. However, little is known about the experiences of learners, what they identify as being helpful to developing a practice of mindfulness and what outcomes they experience from undertaking an online...
Mindfulness
August 1, 2021
Craig Hassed
Abstract Objectives Mindfulness is now widely used therapeutically in health settings, but for a range of reasons, it is not commonly integrated into the education of health professionals. This article aims to share practical insights and lessons learned from teaching mindfulness as core curriculum to the whole cohorts of medical students at Monash University. Methods This reflective article...
Frontiers in Psychology
2021
Larissa Bartlett, Marie-Jeanne Buscot, Aidan Bindoff et al.
50 citations
Objective: This study aimed to understand the associations between mindfulness, perceived stress, and work engagement in a very large sample of English-speaking adults, from 130 different countries. It also aimed to assess participants' self-reported changes following a 6-week mindfulness massive open online course (MOOC). Methods: Participants in the 6-week MOOC were invited to complete...
PLoS One
2021
Naomi Kakoschke, Craig Hassed, Richard Chambers et al.
49 citations
Medical students commonly experience elevated psychological stress and poor mental health. To improve psychological wellbeing, a 5-week mindfulness-based lifestyle course was delivered to a first-year undergraduate medical student cohort as part of the core curriculum. This study investigated the effects of the program on mental health, perceived stress, study engagement, dispositional...
Traffic injury prevention
July 4, 2018
Sjaan Koppel, Amanda N Stephens, Kristie L Young et al.
This study investigated the relationship between self-reported aberrant driving behaviors, mindfulness, and self-reported crashes and infringements. Three hundred and eighteen participants (M = 46.0 years, SD = 13.7 years; female: 81.8%) completed an online survey that assessed aberrant driving behaviors, mindfulness (including regular mindfulness meditation [MM]), and self-reported crashes and...
Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports
December 2, 2017
Wee Ping Wong, Jan Coles, Richard Chambers et al.
The current lack of an effective cure for dementia would exacerbate its prevalence and incidence globally. Growing evidence has linked mindfulness to cognitive and psychological improvements that could be relevant for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). To investigate whether mindfulness practice can improve health outcomes of MCI. The study is the first longitudinal mixed-methods observational...
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
June 28, 2016
Wee Ping Wong, Craig Hassed, Richard Chambers et al.
Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) not only negatively impacts upon a person's life, but it is also seen as an intermediate stage on the progression to Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and therefore warrants early intervention. However, there is currently no effective pharmacological treatment approved for MCI. There is a paucity of evidence that non-pharmacological interventions such as...
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
2016
Fiona Moir, Marcus Henning, Craig Hassed et al.
There is evidence that peer-support programs can improve mental health indices and help-seeking behavior among students in some secondary school and university settings and that mindfulness can improve mental health in medical students. Peer-led programs have not been formally assessed in a medical student population, where psychological issues exist and where it has been shown that students...