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Mindfulness Based Stress Interventions In Physician Assistant Programs, Lucas Vance
Mindfulness Based Stress Interventions In Physician Assistant Programs, Lucas Vance
Physician Assistant Capstones, 2020-current
Mindfulness based interventions (MBI) have been used successfully in a variety of venues from the treatment of chronic pain to reducing stress in the workplace. The benefits of MBI programs that have been studied range from self-reported anxiety, depression, and empathy levels to levels of cortisol1 to amygdala changes seen on magnetic resonance imaging.2 MBI programs have been studied in pre-medical, medical, and graduate schools, as well as, nursing programs, and generalized healthcare cohorts.