Impact of Providing Peer Support on Medical Students' Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Stigma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer-support programs in medical school can buffer feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, social isolation, and burnout, drawing upon the benefits of near-peer-support resources. This study examined the effects of providing support to students in a medical school peer-support program.

Methods

Using a pre-post, quasi-experimental study design, the investigators surveyed medical students who were peer supporters in their second through fourth years of medical school with four measures assessing (1) empathy, (2) self-efficacy, (3) mental health stigma, and (4) likelihood to assist peers with mental health problems to examine if serving as a volunteer peer supporter had any effect. Participants included 38 medical students that were actively enrolled peer supporters during

SUBMITTER: Abrams MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099875 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature