None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to assess the effectiveness of structured, mindfulness-based practice on improving stress, empathy and workplace engagement in junior medical officers (“JMOs”) and final-year medical students who will imminently become JMOs. Based on current available evidence, we hypothesize that mindfulness-based program participation will: 1. Reduce levels of stress, anxiety, and burnout, and improve mood 2. Improve employee work-related outcomes including empathy and engagement We also aim to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and implementation barriers to this approach in routine practice.
Interventions
Brief name: a structured, mindfulness-based practice
The intervention period is six weeks, involving weekly 75-minute face-to-face sessions held in a meeting room at RPAH with a trained instructor (psychologist). The active intervention is based on an established mindfulness program delivered by Openground Mindfulness Training (http://www.openground.com.au). This group program utilizes cognitive strategies and reflective activities aimed to reduce stress, and improve wellbeing and resilience.
Brief name: a structured, mindfulness-based practice The intervention period is six weeks, involving weekly 75-minute face-to-face sessions held in a meeting room at RPAH with a trained instructor (psychologist). The active intervention is based on an established mindfulness program delivered by Openground Mindfulness Training (http://www.openground.com.au). This group program utilizes cognitive strategies and reflective activities aimed to reduce stress, and improve wellbeing and resilience. One instructor will deliver the intervention and has been trained in our risk management protocols as used in our previous study of this intervention at the University. Participants will be encouraged to practice independently in between the sessions, with compliance reinforced at each instructional session with verbal encouragement. There will be no set duration/frequencies for independent practice, any form of independent practice is encouraged. Participants will receive a reminder email on the day of their session and adherence to the intervention will be monitored by registering the attendance at sessions, The intervention will be conducted twice, in consecutive terms. Adherence will be tracked All potential participants will be informed of the limited numbers of places available in the course (max 20 per course). Whilst places are available in course one they can choose either the first, or the second course. Once places are filled in course one they will be informed and given the option of becoming part of the wait list control.
Sponsors
University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
JMOs at RPAH or final-year medical students at Sydney Medical School who will commence work as JMOs in 2017 and who are willing to commit and consent to the full six-week, 75-minute group sessions.
Exclusion criteria
As a naturalistic study there are no specific additional inclusion or exclusion criteria.
Outcome results
None listed