This study examines the prevalence of burnout among junior doctors (interns) and the impact of debriefing sessions on burnout levels. At baseline, a majority of...
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Reducing Stress and Burnout in Junior Doctors: The Impact of Debriefing Sessions
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Decrease Job Burnout in First-Year Internal Medicine Residents Using a Facilitated Discussion Group Intervention
Published in Journal of Graduate Medical Education, the following study examines the effect of a facilitated group discussion on incident burnout among first year...
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Self-Development Groups Reduce Medical School Stress: A Controlled Intervention Study
This article, published in BMC Medical Education, reports on a pilot group intervention implemented on a class of third year medical students in Bergen, Norway. The...
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Doctoring to Heal: Fostering Well-Being Among Physicians Through Personal Reflection
The following is an account of a discussion group intervention called Doctoring to Heal that has been held monthly since 1996 in the Division of General Internal...
Personal Stories
鈥淲hat’s important to you?鈥� The Use of Narratives to Promote Self-Reflection and to Understand the Experience of Medical Residents
This article in Annals of Internal Medicine explores the use of narrative journaling in medical residents. By analyzing written accounts of residents' narratives,...
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Burnout in Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty: An Attempt to Modify Stress Response by Journaling
The following pilot study evaluates the effect of journaling reflection after every emergency department shift on stress and burnout. The authors find no...
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No Time to Think: Making Room For Reflection on Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
The following study, published in Journal of Graduate Medical Education, assesses the feasibility of designing and implementing a writing workshop series within an...
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Narrative Medicine as a Means of Training Medical Students Toward Residency Competencies
How does narrative medicine training influence perception of clinical skill development? The following study examines this relationship in fourth year medical...
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A Three-Year Cohort Study of the Relationships Between Coping, Job Stress and Burnout After a Counselling Intervention for Help-Seeking Physicians
The following article highlights a three-year follow-up assessment for a study investigating the roles of coping strategies, job stress, and personality traits in...
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A Program for Reducing Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Medical Students
The authors of the following study, published in Academic Medicine, develop and evaluate an intervention aimed at reducing reported depressive symptoms and suicidal...
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