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Outcomes of a Small Process Group on Medical Students' Grit, Resilience, and Stress

NCT06003920 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2023-08-22

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Summary

The incidence of burnout and mental ill-health begins very early in medical school and continues to be high throughout training. Medical students are under high amounts of stress, which often becomes chronic, and can lead to both physical and psychological issues as a student, resident, and physician. Chronic stress and burnout in medical students are not a new phenomenon, but recent research has highlighted the worsening mental health of medical students, with as high as three-quarters of students reporting mental ill-health. It is vital that ways are found to reduce burnout and assist in improving the mental health of medical students. This quasi-experimental study aimed to assess the effect of a small process group vs. a control group of preclinical medical students on their stress, resilience, and grit.

Conditions

  • Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Process group

The medical student process group served as a space for students to gain increased self-awareness through guided exploration of the psychodynamic processes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University of Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edie L Sperling, DPT · Western University of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-24
Primary Completion
2023-05-30
Completion
2023-05-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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