Implementing mindfulness meditation in hand surgery training: a feasibility study.
Eur J Plast Surg
; 45(6): 959-966, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Surgery can be stressful, requiring decision-making and performance under pressure. The COVID-19 pandemic has further challenged surgeons' well-being and training. Excess stress adversely affects well-being, technical and non-technical performance, and, by extension, patient care. Little emphasis has been placed on interventions to improve individual surgeons' stress resilience despite mindfulness training being robustly linked to resilience, well-being, and improved executive function and performance. This feasibility study aimed to evaluate the effect and acceptability of a mindfulness meditation session on a group of surgical trainees during a hand fracture fixation course.Methods:
All participants of a single-day hand fracture fixation course were invited to take part in the study, and randomised into two groups. The intervention group experienced a 10-min guided meditation session before their assessment, while the control group did not. Basic demographics, inherent 'trait' mindfulness, change in mood, and perceived acceptability were compared between the two groups.Results:
The 17 participants were demographically similar, as were their self-reported mood scores until after the meditation, where they diverged significantly (p < .01, t-test), with the meditation group feeling more relaxed and calm. Meditation as an intervention was considered largely acceptable.Conclusions:
Mindfulness meditation is established in improving stress resilience, relevant to surgeon well-being, performance, and patient care. This feasibility study suggests benefit and acceptability, and potential for further research in designing a targeted programme for surgeons, to reduce stress sensitivity, and improve performance, joy, and well-being within surgical training.Level of evidence Level III, Therapeutic study. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00238-022-01962-1.
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2022
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