"One size does not fit all" - lessons learned from a multiple-methods study of a resident wellness curriculum across sites and specialties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing recognition that wellness interventions should occur in context and acknowledge complex contributors to wellbeing, including individual needs, institutional and cultural barriers to wellbeing, as well as systems issues which propagate distress. The authors conducted a multiple-methods study exploring contributors to wellbeing for junior residents in diverse medical environments who participated in a brief resilience and stress-reduction curriculum, the Stress Management and Resiliency Training Program for Residents (SMART-R).

Methods

Using a waitlist-controlled design, the curriculum was implemented for post-graduate year (PGY)-1 or PGY-2 residents in seven residency programs across three sites. Every three months, residents completed surveys, inc

SUBMITTER: Chaukos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8590124 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature