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Rebekah Cole1,2, Elizabeth Pearce3, Emmanuel P Espejo4,5

  • 1Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States.

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Military medical students showed improved mindfulness and resilience with reduced stress after a brief training program. This mindfulness training is a feasible approach to enhance psychological readiness in medical education.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Psychological Resilience
  • Mindfulness Interventions

Background:

  • Military medical students face high-stress environments simulating combat medicine.
  • Existing curricula lack structured psychological self-regulation strategies.
  • Mindfulness training's role in military medical education is underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness curriculum on psychological self-regulation in military medical students.
  • To assess the impact of the Mental Strength and Resilience Training (MSRT) on mindfulness, resilience, and perceived stress.
  • To explore the relationship between psychological readiness and clinical performance in simulated combat scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Developed and implemented a brief, theory-informed mindfulness curriculum (MSRT) with 5 core strategies.
  • Assessed 97 medical students using validated scales (MAAS, BRS, PSS) across 4 time points during field exercises.
  • Analyzed data using repeated measures ANOVA, correlations, and regression models; compared performance with non-participating students.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant increases in mindfulness and resilience were observed (P < .001, P = .002).
    • Significant reductions in perceived stress were reported (P < .001).
    • Resilience predicted performance outcomes in the participating student sample (P = .02).

    Conclusions:

    • Brief mindfulness training effectively enhanced self-regulation and reduced stress in military medical trainees.
    • Mindfulness training is a feasible and scalable method to improve psychological readiness in military medical education.
    • Findings suggest potential applications for mindfulness training across various health professions education settings.