作者：澳洲 Griffith 大學醫學院高級講師、醫學院國際促進組長；黃金海岸大學醫院臨床教師 Author: Senior Lecturer and Internationalisation Lead, Griffith University School of Medicine, Australia
In the past six years Griffith University School of Medicine has included mindfulness as part of the curriculum for both year 1 and 2 medical students. Given that the stress of medical students and practitioners are known to be high, it is important for both students and practitioners to have the skills to be aware of their emotions and the ability manage them in the workplace. It has been challenging to implement mindfulness in what is an already saturated medical curriculum. Despite this we have managed to allocate a total of two hours on mindfulness training into Semester 1 of Year 1 of the four year medical program, executed as repeated short time slots embedded in class activities. The presenter will be sharing the experience of creating teachable moments to facilitate students’ understanding of mindfulness and its practice. Student evaluation of the course has shown that the students are accepting of the concept of mindfulness and its potential benefit. As far as the educator is concerned, the goal of introducing mindfulness to students has been achieved. Overall there is still much to be done to integrate mindfulness in medical education and hopefully this presentation and discussion will facilitate more interest in the area.
