RECRUITING

Resilience, Grit, and Stress in Medical Students

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

The incidence of burnout and mental ill-health begins very early in medical school and continues to be high throughout training. Medical students are under high amounts of stress, which often becomes chronic, and can lead to both physical and psychological issues as a student, resident, and physician. Chronic stress and burnout in medical students are not a new phenomenon, but recent research has highlighted the worsening mental health of medical students, with as high as three-quarters of students reporting mental ill-health. It is vital that ways are found to reduce burnout and assist in improving the mental health of medical students. This quasi-experimental study is an ongoing study which is enrolling cohorts of students as they enter medical school.

Official Title

Outcomes of Small Group Process Work on Medical Students' Resilience, Grit, and Stress Over Multiple Cohorts

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-09-13
Study Completion:2024-05-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06046183

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. The participant must be an enrolled student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-NW
  2. 2. Participant must be in their first or second year of medical school
  3. 3. Participant must be at least 18 years of age
  4. 4. Participant must self-select into either the intervention group or control group
  5. 5. Participant must sign informed consent
  1. 1. Data will be excluded if a student goes on a LOA during the course of the year
  2. 2. Data will be excluded if a student does not attend a minimum of 12 out of 25 small group sessions
  3. 3. Student does not give informed consent
  4. 4. Student withdraws consent at any time

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Edie Sperling, DPT
CONTACT
5412590229
esperling@westernu.edu
Mandi Hudson, DO
CONTACT
541-259-0200
hudsonm@westernu.edu

Principal Investigator

Edie Sperling, DPT
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Western University of Health Sciences

Study Locations (Sites)

Western University of Health Science, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - Northwest
Lebanon, Oregon, 97355
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Western University of Health Sciences

  • Edie Sperling, DPT, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Western University of Health Sciences

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-09-13
Study Completion Date2024-05-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-09-13
Study Completion Date2024-05-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • medical students
  • resilience
  • grit
  • stress

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Stress, Psychological