What do we know about student resilience in health professional education? A scoping review of the literature

Sanderson, Brooke; Brewer, Margo

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.018

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“…Generally speaking, burnout is defined as a lack of engagement with one's job (e.g., exhaustion, cynicism, and diminished confidence in one's performance; Schaufeli et al 1996). Given that resilience is related to burnout in high-intensity nursing specialties (Rushton et al 2015), fostering resilience is one way to help nursing students manage their stress through positive adaptive coping techniques (Reeve et al 2013;Sanderson and Brewer 2017).…”

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Evidence-Based Resilience Intervention for Nursing Students: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Lanz

2020

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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Nursing students report chronic stress, and burnout is common. One factor related to lower burnout is resilience, though little research has studied resilience interventions in nursing students. This study had two objectives: 1) to examine the effects of a pilot resilience intervention, and 2) to investigate student attitudes about the intervention. This was a randomized controlled trial that took place from January 2017-June 2017 at a Midwest university in the United States. First-year nursing students (N = 27) were randomly assigned to the intervention (N = 14) or control (N = 13) group. The intervention group participated in a five-week resilience intervention. Both groups completed three online surveys (before, immediately after the intervention, and three months later). Using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests to compare pre-and post-intervention scores, neither group reported significant changes in resilience or the burnout facet of cynicism. The burnout facets of exhaustion and professional efficacy significantly decreased in the intervention group, but not the control group. Participants reported satisfaction with the intervention, though most wanted more hands-on activities. This resilience intervention may be valuable for reducing burnout in nursing students, but interventions should first conduct a needs assessment. Keywords Resilience. Burnout. Nursing student. Randomized controlled trial Academic, personal, and clinical stressors are common among nursing students (Cleary et al. 2012; Jimenez et al. 2010; Pryjmachuk and Richards 2007). This is important because these stressors can lead to negative outcomes like burnout and attrition (Doggrell and Schaffer 2016; Pryjmachuk et al. 2009). Resilience is essential for nursing students because they face chronic stress conditions that require them to adapt (Reyes et al. 2015). One stress management approach gaining popularity in healthcare

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“…In health education, resilience interventions have been conceptualized as a combination of personal and contextual resources and strategies (Sanderson and Brewer 2017). Resilience interventions are varied in length, content, and medium.…”

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Evidence-Based Resilience Intervention for Nursing Students: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Lanz

2020

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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“…Research suggests that these resources are protective assets that facilitate students to adopt certain strategies (e.g. problem‐solving, reflection, self‐care) that lead to positive practice education outcomes such as connectedness, satisfaction, wellbeing and employability (Reyes, Andrusyszyn, Iwasiw, Forchuk, & Babenko‐Mould, ; Sanderson & Brewer, ). Other counter‐stress measures include outlets for relaxation to alleviate pressure and ensuring one takes regular breaks to maintain strength and energy to avoid the risk of burnout (Dyrbye et al, ).…”

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“…However, resilience has received only limited coverage to date in relation to the practice education performance of allied health students (Sanderson & Brewer, ; Tambag & Can, ). Resilience is conceptualised as the positive resources an individual possesses that can be activated during stressful life events to prevent the development of negative mental health outcomes.…”

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Exploring the relationship between resilience and practice education placement success in occupational therapy students

Brown

Hewitt

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Aus Occup Therapy J

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Introduction:Practice education is a fundamental component of health professional students' education and many personal, social and professional factors impact on students' performance. This study investigated the relationship between measures of resilience and practice education performance in occupational therapy students. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was used to collect the data. In all, 149 occupational therapy students completed a self-report questionnaire comprised of demographic questions and two standardised scales: Resilience at University (RAU) and Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA). Students' practice education performance was measured by the Student Practice Evaluation Form-Revised (SPEF-R).Multi-linear regression analyses with bootstrapping were completed to identify resilience factors that were predictive of occupational therapy students' practice performance. Results: Overall, occupational therapy students reported high levels of resilience based on the RAU and RSA subscale scores. "Managing Stress," "Find Your Calling" and "Living Authentically" were strong predictors of a range of key fieldwork performance SPEF-R factors, including "Professional Behaviours," "Self-management Skills," "Co-worker Communication" and "Communication Skills." Conclusion: The resilience factors identified as being significant predictors of practice education performance outcomes in occupational therapy students represent notable findings. They suggest that students' capabilities in managing their stress levels, finding meaning in their chosen profession, and engaging self-care daily activities outside of the work environment that are meaningful, authentic and fit with one's personal values and beliefs can act as buffers against the challenges experienced by students who are completing practice education placements.The findings will assist academic and practice educators in identifying and targeting vulnerable students and strengthening resilience strategies through proactive

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Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students

Kunzler

Helmreich

König

et al. 2020

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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What do we know about student resilience in health professional education? A scoping review of the literature

Abstract: Whilst widespread recognition of the importance of resilience in the health professions exists the area remains under theorised with limited conceptual models and robust interventions published to date.

Cited by 120 publications

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Evidence-Based Resilience Intervention for Nursing Students: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Evidence-Based Resilience Intervention for Nursing Students: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Exploring the relationship between resilience and practice education placement success in occupational therapy students

Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students

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