Supportive Training for Residents through Education in Mindfulness (STREaM)
Last Updated: March 31, 2020
Description
This resource is a 10-hour mindfulness training curriculum for resident physicians. Included is an outline of each session (four 1.5-hour sessions and one 4-hour session, which are adaptable to different settings/timings). Integration of mindfulness training into a resident physician program has the potential to increase personal growth and foster positive changes in patient relationships and care.
The learning objectives/competencies for this training are to:
- Develop a familiarity with the meaning of the word “mindfulness”, its evidence base, and its clinical relevance
- Provide space for an experiential understanding of mindfulness through introduction of individual, partner and group practices
- Explore themes relevant to clinical practice and personal/professional development through reflection and conversation.
- Themes include:
- the role of attention/awareness in medical practice
- how to work with the experience of having limited time
- self-efficacy in medical training and clinical practice
- the cultivation of compassion
- Themes include:
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Copyright
This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.