Developing a Comprehensive Wellness Program for Medical Students

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Author(s): LaTanya Love (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA)and Dana McDowelle (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 19
Source title: Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christina Ramirez Smith (University of the Bahamas, Bahamas)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2811-1.ch008

Keywords: Medical Education / Medical Information Science Reference / Mental Health & Behavioral Studies / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter addresses the various components that go into the development of a comprehensive wellness programme. Medical school can be a difficult time for students and some will experience an increase in burnout, stress, and anxiety that can lead to less empathetic physicians, decline in professionalism, and ultimately impact the quality of healthcare. Increased stress, burnout, and anxiety can lead to less empathetic doctors, decline in professionalism, and ultimately impact the quality of healthcare. One way to address these issues is through the development of a comprehensive wellness programme that addresses both academic and non-academic contributing factors. Prior to the development of a comprehensive wellness programme one must identify key stakeholders and assess the factors that are contributing to medical student well-being. Equal consideration must be given to both academic and non-academic factors that contribute to overall student well-being and incorporated into the design of a comprehensive wellness programme.

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