Impact of Providing Peer Support on Medical Students' Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Stigma.
Impact of Providing Peer Support on Medical Students' Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Stigma.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph19095135
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发表时间：
2022-04-23
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通讯作者：
Daly, Katherine
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作者：
Abrams, Matthew P.;Salzman, Joshua;Espina Rey, Andrea;Daly, Katherine
背景：医学院的同伴支持计划可以缓冲不充分、焦虑、社会孤立和倦怠的感觉，利用近同伴支持资源的好处。这项研究考察了在医学院的同伴支持项目中为学生提供支持的效果。方法：采用前后准实验研究设计，对医学院二至四年级的同辈支持者进行调查，采用四种测量工具(1)移情、(2)自我效能感、(3)心理健康污名、(4)帮助有心理健康问题的同龄人的可能性来检验作为自愿同伴支持者是否起到了作用。参与者包括38名医学生，他们在2020-2021年期间在美国一所对抗性医学院积极招收同龄人支持者。结果：作为同伴支持者的医学生在参与项目后的共情得分(Z=−1.964，p=0.050，r=0.34)和自我效能感(Z=−2.060，p=0.039，r=0.35)得分较高。在精神健康污名或帮助有精神健康问题的同龄人的可能性方面，没有明显的变化。讨论：同伴支持计划提供了一种低成本、可持续的方式来提高医学生的幸福感。有越来越多的文献记录了同伴支持服务的好处。这项简短而新颖的研究考察了为同伴支持者提供同伴支持的效果，发现参与后的同理心和自我效能感的自我报告评级更高。这些发现强调，同伴支持计划不仅对使用这些服务的医学生，而且对那些提供服务的人来说，都是一种宝贵的健康资源。
Background: Peer-support programs in medical school can buffer feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, social isolation, and burnout, drawing upon the benefits of near-peer-support resources. This study examined the effects of providing support to students in a medical school peer-support program. Methods: Using a pre-post, quasi-experimental study design, the investigators surveyed medical students who were peer supporters in their second through fourth years of medical school with four measures assessing (1) empathy, (2) self-efficacy, (3) mental health stigma, and (4) likelihood to assist peers with mental health problems to examine if serving as a volunteer peer supporter had any effect. Participants included 38 medical students that were actively enrolled peer supporters during the 2020–2021 year at a United States allopathic medical school. Results: Medical students who participated as peer supporters were found to have higher ratings of empathy scores (Z = −1.964, p = 0.050, r = 0.34) and self-efficacy scores (Z = −2.060, p = 0.039, r = 0.35) after participation in the program. No significant changes were noted for mental health stigma or likelihood to assist peers with mental health problems. Discussion: Peer-support programs present a low-cost, sustainable modality to promote wellbeing in medical students. There is a growing body of literature documenting the benefits of peer-support services. This brief, novel study examined the effects of providing peer support on the peer supporters and found higher self-reported ratings of empathy and self-efficacy after participation. These findings underscore peer-support programs as a valuable wellness resource not only for medical students who use the services but for those who provide them as well.
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