Online Mindful Self-Compassion Training for Medical Students: an Exploratory Feasibility Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Self-Compassion
- Sponsor
- Robert Simpson
- Enrollment
- 45
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Recruitment
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and investigate a compassion-based intervention (Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) course) in medical students. The main objectives are:
- Explore the feasibility of trial processes including recruitment, adherence, retention, and follow-up
- Explore the experiences of medical students with the Compassion-based intervention, including perceived effects, barriers and facilitators to participation, suggestions for improvement
- Determine potential effects on burnout, compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, self-compassion, compassion for others, empathy, mindfulness, perceived stress, and emotional regulation.
Participants will be asked to take part in a 6-week online Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course and report changes in levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, self-compassion, compassion for others, empathy, mindfulness, perceived stress, and emotional regulation from pre- to post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up. Additionally, participants will be asked to take part in a semi-structured interview to explore their experiences with the course, perceived effects, and suggestions for improvement.
Investigators
Robert Simpson
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Toronto
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Enrolled in first or second-year of the MD or MD/PhD program at the University of Toronto,
- •Over 18 years of age,
- •Able to speak, read, and write in English,
- •Willing to take part in the SCHC course for up to the full 6-week duration,
- •Willing to complete all study related questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria
- •Those already having completed a mindful self-compassion course or Mindfulness based-intervention (Mindfulness-based stress reduction or Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy) within the past 12 months.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Recruitment
Time Frame: 4 months
The investigators will measure the number of participants eligible for and recruited to the study.
Follow-up rates
Time Frame: 4 months
The investigators will measure the percentage of participants who complete outcome measures pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 3 months post-intervention.
Adherence
Time Frame: 4 months
The investigators will measure the number of participants who completed the Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course.
Retention
Time Frame: 4 months
The investigators will measure the percentage of participants who complete outcome data.
Secondary Outcomes
- Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire: Short Form(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- Perceived Stress Scale-10(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- Relational Compassion Scale(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- The Brief Interpersonal Reactivity Index(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form(Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention)