Promoting Resilience in Medicine: The Effects of a Mind-Body Medicine Elective to Improve Medical Student Well-being.

Michelle K WilliamsIrene M EstoresLisa J Merlo

Published in: Global advances in health and medicine (2020)

A mind-body medicine elective course may be a practical method to improve medical student well-being and improve ability to care for patients. Future studies should include follow-up testing to determine if benefits are sustained over time. In addition, more work is needed to understand the cost-benefit of providing instruction in mind-body medicine techniques to all medical students.

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