Exploring wellbeing in first year medical students amidst a curriculum change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The support of student wellbeing features highly in all higher education institutional agendas. For medical students good physical and mental health can help prevent burnout, equip students for their future healthcare setting and indirectly improve patient care. At the University of Nottingham (UK), we were keen to explore undergraduate medical students perceived wellbeing before, during, and after an early years' (years 1-3) curriculum change. A restructure of the curriculum enabled personal wellbeing sessions to be embedded and directly linked to the pastoral support system.

Methods

Students' perceived wellbeing was assessed through a questionnaire distributed to three cohorts of first year students at the start and end of the autumn semester.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Merrick D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8088313 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature