Mobile Wellness Resources

Herron, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/15424065.2016.1225542

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“…There are countless other examples of fostering student wellness in academic libraries, but the peer-reviewed literature on medical student wellness promotion in libraries is sparse. Herron discusses the use of mobile wellness resources to promote medical student wellness, and the opportunity libraries have to champion for the use of these tools to enhance medical student wellness [ 9 ]. Norton provides an example of a therapy dog program at Yale University’s medical library, where healthcare professionals and medical students alike visited with a therapy dog to promote their well-being [ 10 ].…”

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Are Canadian medicine librarians directly supporting medical student health and wellness? A nation-wide survey

Phinney

Kiester

2021

J Can Health Libr Assoc

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Introduction: Students in Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME/UME) programs face a variety of stressors that can impact well-being. To address this, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) mandates that medical schools offer support and programming that promotes student well-being. Academic librarians are accustomed to providing outreach that meets their faculties’ needs. Therefore, the goal of this study was to explore if Canadian undergraduate medical education librarians are supporting medical student wellness at their medical schools, and how they are doing so. Methods: A bilingual, electronic survey containing multiple choice and open-ended questions was distributed across two Canadian health sciences library listservs during the summer of 2020. Librarians supporting UGME/UME programs now or within the last three years were invited to participate. Results: 22 Responses were received, and 17 complete datasets were included in the final results. The majority of respondents have encountered a medical student in distress (n=10) and have adjusted their teaching style or materials to help reduce stress in medical students (n=9). Other initiatives such as resource purchasing, wellness-themed displays, planning wellness-themed events and spaces, and partnerships on campus in support of medical student wellness were less common. Discussion: The data in this study provides evidence that Canadian undergraduate medical education librarians are mindful of medical student well-being, and are taking steps to provide relevant support to this learner group. Librarians could adopt similar initiatives at their libraries to show support for learner wellness, and enhance their programs’ accreditation efforts in this area.

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confidence: 99%