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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A Comprehensive Medical Student Wellness Program – Design and Implementation at Vanderbilt School of Medicine
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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鈥� 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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Development and Preliminary Evaluation of Communication Skills Training Program for Oncologists Based on Patient Preferences for Communicating Bad News
Published in Palliative and Supportive Care, this study develops a communication skills training (CST) workshop program based on patient preferences and evaluates...
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Efficacy of a Communication and Stress Management Training on Medical Residents鈥� Self-Efficacy, Stress to Communicate and Burnout: A Randomized Controlled Study
The following longitudinal randomized controlled study investigates efficacy of a communication and stress management skills training programme among medical...
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Evaluation of a Novel Individualised Communication-Skills Training Intervention to Improve Doctors鈥� Confidence and Skills in End-of-Life Communication
In the following article in Palliative Medicine, Clayton et al. developed a novel individualised training program regarding end-of-life communication designed to be...
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Burnout in Clinician-Educators and the Importance of Lifelong Learning: Findings from a Medical Education Faculty Development Program
This study determines how participation in a longitudinal faculty development program (FDP), designed to improve mentoring and teaching skills, is associated with...
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OHSU Resiliency Skills Elective
The following paper in MedEdPortal describes a resiliency skills elective designed to provide experiential menu of resiliency practices and strengthen emotional...
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Prescribing Happiness: Positive Psychology and Family Medicine
The following article discusses positive psychology as a means of mental health promotion in family medicine. Themes in family medicine help improve understanding...
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