The Fiona Stanley Junior Doctors Online Mindfulness Project

Intervention materials: The online mindfulness training intervention, referred to as the “Mindfulness Training Program (MTP)”, is a novel 8-week online program developed by the coordinating principal investigator, program facilitator (PF) and PhD candidate, Dr Sarah Moore, with input from two mindfulness experts, Dr Craig Hassed and Dr Richard Chambers from Monash University. The MTP intervention includes: o a weekly email each Monday containing a link to a 10-minute video mini-lecture. Each mini-lecture will focus on a different application of mindfulness, including mindful communication, multi-tasking vs unitasking & effective task switching, stress and performance, distraction and procrastination, regulating emotions, mindful relationships, mindfulness and self-compassion, and using mindfulness clinically. o a SMS sent to participants' mobile phone 5 days per week for 8 weeks with a link to a guided 5-minute mindfulness meditation practice via a central SMS delivery service that confirms messages are delivered to participants. The focus of the practice will change each week, and include themes such as body scan, mindful breathing, mindful listening, working mindfully with emotions, mountain meditation and compassion meditation. o the opportunity to correspond with the program facilitator (PF) throughout the program via email, telephone or videoconference to ask questions and discuss any difficulties they may be experiencing. The PF is a GP and medical educator with 9 years of training in mindfulness. The intervention will be delivered once for the intervention group, then repeated for the control group participants on completion of all study data collection. Intervention adherence will be monitored via a survey sent each week for 8-weeks to participants measuring the quantity and quality of their daily mindfulness practice and uptake of the teaching video. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness for 5 minutes per day, Monday to Friday.