Perceived utility and relevance of intern wellbeing sessions

Abstract BackgroundWe conducted a pilot project assessing the perceived utility and relevance of wellbeing sessions provided to interns at a large regional teaching hospital in Australia with the aim of promoting intern wellbeing and fostering a nurturing and supportive learning and work hospital culture. MethodOur intervention involved two separate 60 minute lectures covering wellbeing topics and skills, to approximately 50 interns within protected teaching time, along with emailed wellbeing resources. Participants were emailed an on‐line survey asking questions about value and novelty of the sessions, and work satisfaction and stress, as well as open comments. A request for an additional interview to explore responses in more depth was included. ResultsFifty interns attended at least one of the sessions and 35 participated in the survey, six to an additional interview. Survey and interview data showed that the majority of interns perceived the sessions as valuable, relevant and useful and felt that ongoing sessions would benefit junior medical officers (JMOs) in future years. Feedback highlighted the importance of providing future sessions in‐person, incorporating an interactive approach and emphasized that work site factors and medical culture play a large causative role in their stress. RecommendationsWe conclude that wellbeing sessions are acceptable and useful to interns and should be incorporated into hospital teaching curricula, and evaluated. However these progra...
Source: Internal Medicine Journal - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research