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“Take care of the care takers”. A Mind-Body workshop on how to promote students’ mental health
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Authors
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Raphael Bonvin
- Lausanne, Schweiz
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Angelika Hofhansl
- Wien, Österreich
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Héléna Martinez
- Lausanne, Schweiz
| Published: | September 5, 2016 |
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Description: For some students, studying medicine represent a source of stress and anxiety [1]. This state of being can lead to numerous health problems as increased suicidality, burnout, substance abuse and influence negatively on the development of key competencies, e.g. empathy, altruism, honesty [1]. This consideration has led different regulating bodies to expect concrete actions from medical schools to prevent and early detect those consequences (https://www.afmc.ca/pdf/CACMS_Standards_and_Elements_June_2014_Effective_July12015.pdf). Some initiatives have shown the effectiveness of such wellbeing programs [2], [3], [4], [5]. One such approach is currently being implemented at the Medical School of Lausanne.
This workshop will discuss the actual state of understanding of the impact of stress and anxiety on medical students. A great part of the workshop will be dedicated to present and practice exercises to promote wellbeing and resilience in adverse situations.
Target audience:
- Medical Teachers,
- Educators,
- Students,
- Curriculum Planners,
- Curriculum Manager etc.
If you’re interested in your own mental wellbeing and/or concerned about your students’ mental health, then this workshop is for you.
Preparation: Take your daily stress with you and leave it at the workshop.
Learning objectives:
- Identify common stressors in curricula
- Discuss consequences of stress and anxiety on the learners
- Discover different strategies to improve prevention of stress and anxiety
- Experiment some techniques of stress prevention and wellbeing promotion (e.g. self-hypnosis, mindfulness, dialog with inner guide, …)
Schedule:
- 10’ Welcome and know each other
- 20’ Stress and anxiety among medical students: what we know
- 10’ Known strategies to prevent consequences of stress and anxiety and to promote wellbeing
- 1h10’ Practice different techniques of stress prevention and wellbeing promotion
- 10’ Final discussion and closure
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