The effect of resilience training on resilience and stress in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students are known to have high rates of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Resilience training has been shown to be beneficial for stress among medical students. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the literature on resilience interventions in medical students and assessed the impact of those interventions on both stress and resilience outcomes.

Methods

A comprehensive search was completed including multiple databases, bibliographic, and hand-searching. Twenty-one studies were included, 15 with resilience outcomes, nine with stress outcomes, and three with both. The standardized mean difference effect sizes were calculated using a random-effects model.

Results

Resilience interventions had a small-to-moderate effec

SUBMITTER: Sperling EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12771728 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature