The University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine developed the USF Residency Assistance Program (RAP) in 1997, modeled after business employee assistance...
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Combating the Stress of Residency: One School’s Approach
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Belonging: A Simple, Brief Intervention Decreases Burnout
This randomized, controlled trial study in Surgical Education assesses whether a brief targeted intervention designed to improve residents’ sense of belonging...
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A Curriculum to Foster Resident Resilience
Published in MedEdPORTAL, the following study examines the effectiveness of a resilience curriculum consisting of novel skill-building workshops to help cultivate...
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The Benefits of Pass-Fail Grading on Stress, Mood, and Group Cohesion in Medical Students
This study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, measures the effect of a pass-fail grading system on stress, mood, group cohesion, and test anxiety in medical...
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Enhancing the Health of Medical Students: Outcomes of An Integrated Mindfulness and Lifestyle Program
The following paper describes the development, implementation and outcomes of the Health Enhancement Program (HEP) at Monash University. Comprised of mindfulness...
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A Comprehensive Medical Student Wellness Program – Design and Implementation at Vanderbilt School of Medicine
In response to high levels of burnout and mental illness in medical schools, students and administrators at Vanderbilt School of Medicine developed the Vanderbilt...
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Relationship of Pass/Fail Grading and Curriculum Structure with Well-Being Among Pre-Clinical Medical Students: A Multi-Institutional Study
The following study in Academic Medicine examines the relationships between curriculum structures, grading scales, and student well-being. Survey results as well as...
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Personal Transition to the Profession: A Novel Longitudinal Professional Development and Wellness Medical Student Curriculum
Successful medical student wellness and professional development are critical areas in medical student education for students reaching optimal performance....
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Increasing Oncologists’ Skills in Eliciting and Responding to Emotional Cues: Evaluation of a Communication Skills Training Program
In Psychooncology, Butow et al. develop a communication skills training (CST) program targeted psychological morbidity in cancer patients and evaluate its impact on...
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Suffering Among Carers Working in Critical Care can be Reduced by an Intensive Communication Strategy on End-of-Life Practices
The following longitudinal, interventional study evaluates effects of an intensive communication strategy on burnout syndrome among intensive care unit caregivers....
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