Experiences of Clinical Clerkship Students With Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Qualitative Study on Long-Term Effects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the mindfulness practice, its long-term effects, facilitators and barriers, in clinical clerkship students 2 years after participation in an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training.

Method

A qualitative study was performed by semi-structured in-depth interviews with 16 clinical clerkship students selected by purposive sampling. Students had participated in a MBSR training 2 years before and were asked about their current mindfulness practice, and the long-term effects of the MBSR training. Thematic analysis was conducted using the constant comparison method. Data saturation was reached after 16 interviews.

Results

Most interviewees were still engaged in regular, predominantly informal, mindfulness practice, although some discontinu

SUBMITTER: van Dijk I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9009088 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature