A Mindfulness Course Decreases Burnout and Improves Well-Being among Healthcare Providers

Abstract

A continuing education course based on mindfulness-based stress reduction was associated with significant improvements in burnout scores and mental well-being for a broad range of healthcare providers.

Of the Soul and Suffering: Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Bereavement

“…Mindfulness can assist the therapist in remaining alert to these factors and how they may affect treatment, leading to actions such as assuming a ''not-knowing'' position that support the values of self-determination and autonomy. Mindfulness practices may also reduce the potential for burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue (Christopher and Maris 2010;Goodman and Schorling 2012;Thieleman and Cacciatore, in press), identified risks in the field of social work.…”

Effectiveness of Mindfulness Intervention in Reducing Stress and Burnout for Mental Health Professionals in Singapore

“…Despite the use of a gold standard study design, the study had several limitations including small sample size and lack of follow-up measure. In another larger study by Goodman and Schorling (2012), 93 healthcare providers in the United…”

“…More studies examining the effect of mindfulness-based intervention with healthcare professionals have been conducted in recent years with promising results (Amutio et al, 2014;Asuero et al, 2014;Gauthier et al, 2015;Goodman & Schorling, 2012). However, several limitations were reported in the reviews and papers, including small sample sizes, lack of consideration to therapist adherence to treatment protocol, lack of adjunctive physiological measures, and lack of follow-up data to determine whether gains made in intervention were sustained.…”

CORR Insights®: Among Musculoskeletal Surgeons, Job Dissatisfaction Is Associated With Burnout

“…Many of the ''attributes'' listed above with regard to physician training and success in medical school and practice need to be recognized as pathologic, rather than traits to be emulated. Recent work in mindfulness [5], stress management, individual coaching and counseling have demonstrated some effectiveness [2,3,6,8].…”