Interventions to support medical trainee well-being when dealing with patient death: a scoping review protocol

IntroductionExisting literature demonstrates that medical students and residents experience complex emotions and substantial grief after patient deaths. Over time, this can lead to burnout and depression and adversely impact patient care. In response, medical schools and training programmes worldwid...

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Published in:BMJ open 2023-06, Vol.13 (6), p.e072530-e072530
Main Authors: Ibrahim, Halah, Vetter, Cecelia J, West, Kelsey, Oyoun Alsoud, Leen, Sorrell, Sara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coping
Curricula
Death & dying
Emotions
Grief
Medical education
MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING
Medical Education and Training
Medical schools
Medical students
MENTAL HEALTH
PALLIATIVE CARE
Patients
Physicians
Teaching hospitals
Well being
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Summary:IntroductionExisting literature demonstrates that medical students and residents experience complex emotions and substantial grief after patient deaths. Over time, this can lead to burnout and depression and adversely impact patient care. In response, medical schools and training programmes worldwide have developed and implemented interventions to help medical trainees to better cope with patient deaths. This manuscript provides a scoping review protocol that aims to systematically identify and document the published research reporting on the implementation or delivery of interventions to support medical students and residents/fellows in dealing with patient death.Methods and analysisA scoping review will be conducted following the Arksey-O’Malley five-stage scoping review method and the Scoping Review Methods Manual by the Joanna Briggs Institute. English language interventional studies published through 21 February 2023, will be identified in the following databases: MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Psych Info, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL and ERIC. Two reviewers will screen titles and abstracts and then independently screen full-text articles for inclusion. Two reviewers will assess the methodological quality of included studies using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument. After extraction, data will be narratively synthesised. Experts in the field will be consulted to ensure the feasibility and relevance of the findings.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval is not required as all data will be collected from published literature. The study will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at local and international conferences.
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072530