Helping OUWB medical students live life with more presence, 平衡, and joy will be the focus of a new 8-week program centered on improved mental health.
“Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction” (MBSR) is an evidence-based, experiential program offering training in mindfulness meditation 和运动 practices in a group format, emphasizing integration of the practices into one’s daily life.
An orientation is set for Friday, Jan. 13, with subsequent sessions scheduled for Fridays from Jan. 20日至3月17日. An all-day retreat is scheduled for March 4. 该程序是免费的。.
Creating the opportunity for OUWB students to have access to such a program is the result of an initiative led by Berkley Browne, Ph.D., associate dean for Student Affairs.
“One of my priorities is making sure students have the opportunity to gain as many wellness and self-care tools as they can,”她说。.
“Bringing something like this that is evidence-based, is well-known within the medical community, and has an established presence at Corewell was kind of a no-brainer.”
The program will be facilitated by MBSR-certified trainer Michelle 戴维拉, N.D., Department of Integrative Medicine, Corewell健康 William Beaumont 多样性 Hospital.
“医疗 school is very stressful,”她说。. “My hope is that students are able to learn about different exercises and tools that they find useful and help them live life more fully and in a more 平衡d way.”
Helping with ‘overall well-being’
据戴维拉说, mindfulness is a concept that’s derived from ancient history — and specifically, 佛教.
“It’s this capacity we all have to be aware of our present-moment experience while it’s happening,”她说。.
Focusing on the present moment can have a wide variety of benefits, 包括自我意识, greater capacity to regulate attention and emotions, and improved outcomes in various physical and mental-emotional conditions, including anxiety and depression, 压力和倦怠, 慢性疼痛, 和高血压.
“Stress exacerbates a lot of these conditions,戴维拉说。. “The thought was that if we can help people with their distress and suffering, we can help with their overall well-being and quality of life.”
The MBSR program was developed at the University of Massachusetts 医疗 Center by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 and integrates traditional wisdom practices with western medical approaches.
戴维拉, 自然疗法医生, said she’s been personally practicing yoga and meditation for about 20 years on her own. Further, she is certified to teach MBSR through Brown University.
Training sessions will vary, she said, with each week building on previous training. Examples of topics to be covered include: becoming aware and examining automatic and/or habitual perceptions; how people relate to things that are pleasant/unpleasant; body scan meditation; stretching; and mindful eating, 沟通, 和运动.
“These are all just different ways to pay attention to how we’re feeling and what we’re experiencing in the body and mind,戴维拉说。.
“结构化和有意的”
OUWB’s MBSR is not part of the curriculum, nor a requirement.
学生 who complete the program will receive certification that can be used as part of their respective residency applications.
Browne said she expects that the program will be limited to 25-30 students. 它对所有班级开放. 会议将是面对面的.
There are several reasons the program is starting in January.
“We wanted to give M1s an opportunity to get a full semester underneath them,” said Browne. “The other piece is that January, 2月, and March in Michigan is usually very cold and snowy…we thought it would be good to offer a very structured and intentional program at a time when folks maybe don’t have as much motivation and energy.”
An informational orientation on the MBSR program will be held Friday, Jan. 下午1点到3点半.m. in the Oakland Center’s Lake Huron Room. 更多信息请发电子邮件 (电子邮件保护).
To request an interview, visit the OUWB Communications & 市场营销 网页.
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