Cardiac Biofeedback, Mindfulness, and Inner Resources Mobilization Interventions on Performances of Medical Students

Summary

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a newly implemented evaluation standard for medical students and is a determinant part of the national competition they have to undergo.

Exam periods are significantly associated with increased stress and anxiety which led to reduced performance, impaired memorization and impaired workload capacities.

Cardiac biofeedback and mindfulness techniques are efficient methods for stress reduction. Interventions that aim to mobilize competence, such as mobilization of inner strength and resources techniques, should improve the level of preparation of medical students. These three procedures could influence the stress level and improve performance during the OSCE.

There is currently no study exploring the effect of these physiological and psychological procedures on the performance during OSCE for medical students.

Conditions

• Stress, Psychological
• Stress
• Stress, Physiological
• Exam Stress
• Performance
• Mindfulness
• Communication
• Medical Education

Interventions

OTHER

Cardiac biofeedback

6 minutes of relaxing breathing exercise coupled with heart rate variability biofeedback guided on emWave Pro software on a computer just before entering the examination circuit

OTHER

Mindfulness

6 minutes of a guided video tape made for the study that inspires mindfulness like meditation associated just before entering the examination circuit.

OTHER

Resources mobilization

6 minutes of a guided video tape that purpose to mobilize inner resources and strength of the student just before entering the examination circuit.

OTHER

Control

6 minutes of standardized neutral video on general topics that generates no modification of affects just before entering the examination circuit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Claude Bernard University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Gilles Rode, Ph. D. · Claude Bernard University

• Marc Lilot, Ph. D. · Claude Bernard University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-05-17

Primary Completion

2022-07-19

Completion

2023-06-20

Countries

• France

Study Locations