Enhancing trauma-informed care preparation through life story work

Trauma experience is common and may impact health and health care experiences for older adults. As such, training in trauma-informed care (TIC) is essential for health professions trainees. In this paper, we describe the use of life-story work, in the form of the My Life, My Story (MLMS) program as...

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Published in:Gerontology & geriatrics education 2024-10, p.1-11
Main Authors: Nathan, Susan N, Ahrendsen, Olivia K, Moye, Jennifer
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Language:English
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Summary:Trauma experience is common and may impact health and health care experiences for older adults. As such, training in trauma-informed care (TIC) is essential for health professions trainees. In this paper, we describe the use of life-story work, in the form of the My Life, My Story (MLMS) program as one platform to enhance TIC competencies. Trainees (  = 74) who were physician (57.0%) and other health professions trainees who did MLMS interviews completed a post-experience survey about trauma disclosures and confidence in responding to these. During these interviews, 36.5% of the patients described a traumatic event and 56.8% described a stressful event, framed by the patient as "ultimately positive" - leading to resilience (42.6%) or "ultimately negative" - leading to negative life outcomes (29.5%), with other responses as not sure or ambivalent. Confidence in responding to trauma disclosures increased following participation in MLMS (t(df = 60) = 5.52,  
ISSN:0270-1960
1545-3847
1545-3847
DOI:10.1080/02701960.2024.2412559