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2024 Scholars' Research Symposium Abstract: Kindling Wellness: Creating a Student-Run Podcast Series on Medical
1University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
The Kindling Wellness podcast offers a new way to understand and combat burnout in medical students. This 5-episode series reached 98 listeners, highlighting the need for accessible wellness resources.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Public Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Medical students experience higher burnout rates than the general population.
- Pre-existing mental health conditions increase vulnerability to burnout.
- Awareness and understanding of burnout are crucial first steps to improve medical student wellbeing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To create a wellness resource for medical students and health professionals.
- To raise awareness and understanding of burnout.
- To explore issues contributing to medical student burnout.
Main Methods:
- Developed a 5-episode podcast series, 'Kindling Wellness,' using a fire metaphor for wellness.
- Phases included content development, interviews, and deployment on Spotify for Podcasters.
- Promoted via flyers, emails, and social media; utilization tracked via podcast analytics.
Main Results:
- The podcast series was released over six months (November 2022 - June 2023).
- Recorded 98 total plays, with the first episode being the most popular (60 plays).
- Listeners' ages ranged from 18-59, with the largest group aged 23-27 (35%).
Conclusions:
- The 'Kindling Wellness' podcast successfully served as a wellness resource for medical students and health professionals.
- The podcast reached 98 listeners, indicating a demand for novel wellness mediums.
- The diverse age range of listeners suggests broader public interest beyond the target medical student demographic.
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