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Executive/life coaching for first year medical students: a prospective study
- Source :
- BMC Medical Education, BMC Medical Education, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2019.
-
Abstract
- Background Student physicians are particularly prone to high rates of poor mental and physical quality of life, including depression, anxiety, and fatigue. We prospectively tested whether a structured, theory-based executive/life coaching program tailored to first year medical students in the United States was feasible, tolerable, and would be recommended by participants. Secondary goals included impact on coaching goals, resilience, and perceived stress. Methods This single-arm intervention study evaluated a program of two group and two private coaching sessions during the first year, second semester of the Georgetown University School of Medicine Class of 2019. Survey data (global and tailored questions, Connor-Davidson resilience scale, Friedricksson-Larsson stress question) were collected from participants at baseline and post-intervention. Results 37/40 students completed the intervention; 32 completed the pre-post surveys. Most (32/37) were willing to recommend the program (16/37 were very willing) and 29/37 recommended inclusion in the curriculum. Responses to tailored questions showed significant increases in self-efficacy regarding stress management (p
- Subjects :
- Male
Stress management
Students, Medical
020205 medical informatics
lcsh:Medicine
02 engineering and technology
Coaching
Evaluation studies
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Life coaching
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
media_common
lcsh:LC8-6691
Education, Medical
General Medicine
Anxiety
Female
Psychological resilience
Curriculum
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Inclusion (education)
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Preclinical education
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Quality of life (healthcare)
medicine
Humans
Executive coaching
Medical education
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Resilience
business.industry
lcsh:R
Mentoring
Family medicine
District of Columbia
Willingness to recommend
business
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726920
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e94773a1dfe47c3733f872f3ec938764