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A mindfulness-based cognitive therapy informed virtual psychiatry trainee wellbeing programme: Development and preliminary feedback.

Emme Chacko, Alisha Vara, Gary Cheung, Chandrima Naskar, Rodrigo Ramalho, Rātahi Bell

Australasian Psychiatry October 2022 DOI: 10.1177/10398562221119090 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Qualitative study Peer reviewed
Sample size 13
Population Psychiatry trainees
Intervention Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) informed virtual wellbeing programme
Topics Meditation
Keywords Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Online intervention Psychiatry training Trainee wellbeing
Key findings The authors report that trainees described the MBCT-informed virtual wellbeing programme as transformative and valued its timing during the COVID-19 pandemic, their connection to the facilitator, peers, and themselves. They propose that an optional MBCT-informed wellbeing programme be included in psychiatry training and call for future research measuring dispositional mindfulness and stress before and after the programme.

Abstract

To report the development and feedback on a newly created mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) informed virtual wellbeing programme for psychiatry trainees. Thirteen of the 14 trainees participated in the programme provided feedback via an online questionnaire. Qualitative data was analysed using thematic analysis. Thematic analysis revealed three main themes: timing of the intervention in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic; trainees were connected to the facilitator, their peers and within oneself; and trainees were going through a transformative experience. Our findings support including an optional MBCT informed wellbeing programme in psychiatry training programmes. Future research could measure efficacy of this online programme by utilising pre- and post-outcome measures of dispositional mindfulness and stress.

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