Impact of a Stress Management Training Course

NCT ID: NCT06404255

Last Updated: 2024-05-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-05-15
• Study Completion Date: 2027-05-15

Brief Summary

Objective structured clinical examinations (ECOS) are playing an increasingly important role in the training and assessment of medical students, and now account for 30% of the grade for access to the 3rd cycle of medical studies.

Although students generally seem to have a favorable opinion of this examination modality, several studies have reported that ECOS are a greater source of stress than other types of examination, particularly written examinations.

The investigators aim to assess the benefits of a stress management training for medical students, on the negative impact of stress during ECOS.

The investigators hypothesize that training in stress management could be beneficial for medical students, in particular to prepare them mentally to limit the negative impact of stress durgin ECOS, and ultimately reduce their overall stress and potentially improve their performance.

Detailed Description

Objective structured clinical examinations (ECOS) are playing an increasingly important role in the training and assessment of medical students, and now account for 30% of the grade for access to the 3rd cycle of medical studies.

Although students generally seem to have a favorable opinion of this examination modality, several studies have reported that ECOS are a greater source of stress than other types of examination, particularly written examinations.

Anxiety can affect students' performance, although not all studies have found a significant correlation between results and students' state of anxiety.

However, it is essential to take account of students' well-being, especially as it has been shown that medical students suffer from symptoms of anxiety and depression, some of which may be related to their studies.

It is therefore important to reduce these symptoms of anxiety in order to improve students' well-being, and eventually their performance during ECOS.

A number of studies have looked at ways of reducing student anxiety, including breathing relaxation techniques and anxiety management programs. Preparation, stress management and self-confidence can have a calming effect, and may even have a positive impact on exam performance.

The visual analog stress scale and the STAI questionnaire are two validated and commonly used methods for stress assessment. The investigators modified the visual scale to assess the functional impact of stress on ECOS performance.

The investigators hypothesize that training in stress management could be beneficial for medical students, in particular to prepare them mentally to limit the negative impact of stress durgin ECOS, and ultimately reduce their overall stress and potentially improve their performance.

The investigators aim to assess the benefits of a stress management training for medical students, on the negative impact of stress during ECOS.

Conditions

Stress

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Medical students

Medical students from the University of Paris-Saclay, during hospital internships Stress assessement with or without a stress management training

Stress management training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Stress management training

Interventions

Stress management training

Stress management training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Medical students from Paris Saclay University, during hospital internships
• Agreeing to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal to participate in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Université Paris-Saclay

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Guillemette Fouquet

Prinicipal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

FORSE_001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id