MINDFULNESS + STRESS: IMPACTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF EMERGENCY RESIDENTS

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief mindfulness intervention can decrease physician level of burnout in Emergency Medicine residents.  Mindfulness intervention is a structured program that used mindfulness meditation and practices to reduce negative effect and improve vitality and coping.  The program is based upon a systematic procedure to develop an enhanced awareness of moment-to-moment experience and has shown to be effective in reducing anxiety, depression and stress.  The physician workforce is facing a critical epidemic of burnout rates, with Emergency Medicine physicians reporting some of the highest levels.  The goal of this project is to provide Emergency Medicine residents in our institution with an hour-long group mindfulness stress reduction session and self-guided audio recordings of brief mindfulness

Primary Investigator: Elizabeth Datner, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia