Congratulations to Family Medicine faculty members:
- Dr. Miranda Moore
- Dr. Jennifer Mascaro
- Dr. Neena Ghose
- Dr. Jose Villalon-Gomez
- Dr. Mirtha Aguilar-Alvarado
Family Medicine residents and Healthcare staff:
- Priti Patel
- Dr. Bernadette Baker
- Dr. Angela Holder
- Oluyinka Ajirotutu
Their Project Team was accepted into the Emory Quality Academy 2019 course for Faculty Development in Quality Improvement. The Family Medicine team's project is titled "Family medicine resident and faculty wellness improvement through an app-delivered mindfulness meditation intervention."
Project Abstract
Family medicine residents and physicians often report higher workplace burnout than other medical trainees and physicians. Research has shown that mindfulness meditation can help reduce the stress of medical training and practice.
Smartphone-delivered applications of mindfulness activities offer a feasible group-based intervention to improve well-being and reduce the likelihood of burnout. Family medicine residents and family medicine faculty will be recruited to participate in this randomized, single-blind, wait-list controlled pilot study.
Faculty and trainees will be randomized to either receive a phone-based mindfulness meditation application (10% Happier) or to a waitlist group that receives the application at the conclusion of the study.
We will examine the effects of an 8-week intervention consisting of app-delivered daily meditation exercises on a battery of self-report measures and on patient self-reported satisfaction with clinicians before and after the intervention.
Participants are expected to show a positive improvement in sleep, overall mindfulness, and measures of social well-being. Additionally, participants are expected to see an improvement in the percentage of their patients who would recommend the provider from Press Ganey patient surveys.