Attitudes Towards Mental Health Among Physician Assistant Students with Shared Living Experiences Through Synchronous Videoconferencing.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We tested the hypothesis that physician assistant (PA) students can benefit from exposure to senior PAs who share their living experiences with mental illness.

Methods

First-year students from 5 PA programs were asked to participate in this mixed methods study. After completing a pre-activity survey, students from 3 programs participated in an intervention consisting of senior PA faculty sharing their mental health experiences, including treatment and recovery. A facilitated discussion followed, and students not exposed to the intervention served as controls. The qualitative component of the study was based on transcripts from 3 focus groups of students in the exposed group.

Results

We recruited 167 students from 5 PA training programs, 112 of whom (67%) compl

SUBMITTER: Neary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9037761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature