A compassion-based program to reduce psychological distress in medical students: A pilot randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Physicians and medical students are subject to higher levels of psychological distress than the general population. These challenges have a negative impact in medical practice, leading to uncompassionate care. This pilot study aims to examine the feasibility of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) to reduce psychological distress and improve the well-being of medical students. We hypothesize that the CCT program, as compared to a waitlist control group, will reduce psychological distress (i.e., stress, anxiety, and depression) and burnout symptoms, while improving compassion, empathy, mindfulness, resilience, psychological well-being, and emotion-regulation strategies after the intervention. Furthermore, we hypothesize that these improvements will be maintained at a two

SUBMITTER: Rojas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289411 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature