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Abstract

Purpose: Healthcare students can experience stress and burnout before becoming practicing clinicians. Increasing education about your level of stress and understanding what burnout is are important factors in preventing burnout. Method: A 90 minute interactive workshop was developed and implemented for graduate health profession students to meet three objectives: 1) increase foundational knowledge about burnout and its impact on different health professionals, 2) assess student’s level of burnout and apply strategies to mitigate their stress, and 3) create and share a plan on how they would incorporate stress reduction strategies and/or reduce their level of burnout. Results: In total, 349 graduate health profession students participated in this workshop over two academic years. In the post workshop survey, students reported an increase in confidence in understanding what burnout is, that they could identify the signs and symptoms of burnout, and that they had an action plan of strategies to complete when they felt stressed. Additionally, students reported that this workshop was a valuable learning experience. Conclusion: This interactive workshop was positively received by the health profession students and improved their ability to understand, recognize, and respond to stress and burnout. Health professional programs need to incorporate well-being activities and strategies into their curriculum to prevent and reduce burnout as they prepare to become future healthcare practitioners.

Author Bio(s)

Oaklee Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, is an Associate Dean and Associate Clinical Professor in the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Arizona University in Phoenix, Arizona.

Zachary Baker, MEd, is an Academic Success Coordinator in the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Arizona University. He supports graduate students' learning and disability resources at the Phoenix Bioscience Core Campus.

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