A Conceptual Model of Medical Student Well-Being: Promoting Resilience and Preventing Burnout

Autor/inn/en	Dunn, Laura B.; Iglewicz, Alana; Moutier, Christine
Titel	A Conceptual Model of Medical Student Well-Being: Promoting Resilience and Preventing Burnout
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 32 (2008) 1, S.44-53 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.32.1.44
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Medical Students; Medical Schools; Well Being; Stress Variables; Coping; Burnout; Models; Personality + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Bewältigung; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Analogiemodell; Personalität
Abstract	Objective: This article proposes and illustrates a conceptual model of medical student well-being. Method: The authors reviewed the literature on medical student stress, coping, and well-being and developed a model of medical student coping termed the "coping reservoir." Results: The reservoir can be replenished or drained by various aspects of medical students' experiences. The reservoir itself has an internal structure, conceptualized as consisting of the individual's personal traits, temperament, and coping style. The coping reservoir metaphor is used to highlight the dynamic nature of students' experiences, with potential outcomes including enhanced resilience and mental health versus distress and burnout. Conclusion: Medical student well-being is affected by multiple stressors as well as positive aspects of medical training. Attention to individual students' coping reservoirs can help promote well-being and minimize burnout; formal and informal offerings within medical schools can help fill the reservoir. Helping students cultivate the skills to sustain their well-being throughout their careers has important payoffs for the overall medical education enterprise, for promotion of physician resilience and personal fulfillment, and for enhancement of professionalism and patient care. This and other models of coping should be empirically validated. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10