1. ASME
Promoting Excellence in Clinical Education and Training
Midlands Education Day (5 April 2017)
The Midlands Regional Perspective
Behavioural responses of first year students to a core curriculum, experiential, mindfulness course

2. Prof Nick London, Head of Leicester Medical School
has introduced mindfulness to the MB ChB degree course to promote resilience.

3. What does the Health Enhancement Programme comprise?
5 lectures
6, 2-hr tutorials

4. The experiential Health Enhancement Programme (HEP) focuses on:
Stress management (Mindfulness underpins all others)
Spirituality
Exercise
Nutrition
Connectedness
Environment

6. What is mindfulness? No single definition does it justice.
“Paying attention
to the present moment
with an attitude of
- openness
- curiosity, and
- acceptance”

39. Dr Craig Hassed Created the Health Enhancement Programme & has
delivered it to
Monash medical
students since 2002
Has helped to train Leicester tutors

41. Billie Jean King: 39 Grand Slam titles
The zone: Billie-Jean King
“It almost seems as though I’m able to transport myself beyond the turmoil on the court to some place of total peace and calm… I appreciate what my opponent is doing in a detached abstract way. Like an observer in the next room… It is a perfect combination of (intense) action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.”
Harung H, Travis F, Blank W, Heaton D, 2009, Higher development, brain integration, and excellence in leadership, Management Decision, 47(6):
Billie Jean King: 39 Grand Slam titles

42. Doctor: 11 hrs into 4th consecutive night shift
The zone: Doctor
Might a mindful doctor be able to say?
“It’s as though I’m able to transport myself beyond the unrelenting pressure of the shift to some place of peace and calm… I appreciate what is happening around me, as well as inside me, as if I’m observing my own absorbed engagement with my patient. It’s a combination of responsive rapport and action, taking place in an atmosphere of internal tranquillity.”
Doctor: 11 hrs into 4th consecutive night shift

43. Student free-text feedback examples (1):
“I feel that the HEP could provide some useful concepts for some people. However,
I do not believe that the programme has proved to be helpful for me personally.”
“Personally, one session telling us about the benefits of mindfulness would have
been useful. However 2 hour sessions every week have not been overly useful and I
feel I could have put this time to far better use. The 2 hour sessions could easily be
covered in about 30 minutes if necessary.
“I agree that HEP is useful and a good idea but I think it was too focused on
mindfulness. If mindfulness isn’t particularly useful for you it was a bit
monolithic., there are many ways to improve health.

44. Student free-text feedback examples (2):
“It has genuinely been a massive help to learn about mindfulness, especially as I
have had a couple of stressful events recently. I will certainly be taking
mindfulness forward in my life and would certainly be interested in the training
programs you talked about.”
“HEP has been awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed the sessions. Interesting and
extremely relevant. Loved the content + what I have learnt as well as the time
spent with my group and with group 7.”
“I have found that I am much more easily able to deal with situations out of my
Control and stress and troublesome feelings in general, and credit this totally
to mindfulness.”
I do feel I have been more conscious of making healthy choices throughout the course
& this is actually the first time in my life I have stuck with regular exercise for more
than a few weeks.