Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OB1-2-1
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Professor
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
A Mindfulness Medical Program in Continuing Education for «Making Humanists Waves» into Physicians' Life by Cultivating Mindful Awareness, Stress Management, Compassion and Health Advocacy
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Recent studies reported wide-ranging benefits of clinician mindfulness training, namely reduction of burnout, increased empathy, and improvements in patient-centered care. We examined if a brief Mindfulness continual medical education Program - inspired by Oxford Mindfulness professor Mark Williams - enhances capacities such as stress management, Canadian medical competencies (CanMEDS), mindful attention and awareness aptitudes.
Summary of the Innovation
The program consists of nine hours of mindfulness exercises over three weeks (3h/week.) +home practice. Among the brief exercices: befriending the present moment through body sensations and daily routine exercices at work or at home. Methods: Online questionnaires were used. First, participants were invited to auto-evaluate their pre/post-training (respondents N=68 and 61 respectively) abilities at: i) practicing mindfulness and compassion exercises, ii) cultivating awareness in daily life and medical practice, and iii) taming challenges like stress management in their everyday or professional life. Second, the 34 most recent participants completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) pre/post-training. Third, 53 participants answered 3 pre/post "CanMEDS": health advocacy, compassionate communication, and professionalism. Results: Before participation, 77 %, 63%, and 79% (N=68) answered they were NOT comfortable with the above-mentioned abilities i), ii), and iii) respectively, while they became 93%, 98%, and 93% (N=61) comfortable after. "CanMEDS" assessment (N=53): 74% noted improvements in health advocacy, 40% in compassionate communication, and 25% in professionalism. Compared to pre-training MAAS scores (47.9±11.6), post-training scores (54.8±11.2) significantly improved (N=34, z=3.82, p<0.01.)
Conclusion
Notable benefits were observed for participants-respondents to a Mindfulness Medical Training Program.
Keyword 1
Mindful Medical Practice
Keyword 2
Stress Management Mindfulness Exercices
Keyword 3
Cultivating Mindful Attention Awareness
Level of Training
CPD (faculty development, CME)
Abstract Themes
Physician & Medical Student Health and Well-being
Additional Theme (First choice)
Faculty Development
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Continuing Medical Education
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Professionalism
Authors
Presenter
Hugues Cormier
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
