The Impact of Musical Engagement on Medical Resident Well-being (NCT05949216) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
The Impact of Musical Engagement on Medical Resident Well-being
Canada8 participantsStarted 2023-08-01
Plain-language summary
It is common knowledge that music has a positive impact on human well-being. It is also well-known that medical residents are frequently stressed and burnt out. With these two thoughts in mind, the investigators want to explore how participating in a musical engagement program may positively impact medical resident well-being. The investigators hope to do this by hosting four informal musical engagement sessions with medical residents, which will involve playing instruments, improvising, and reading sheet music. To study the impact that this program has on participants, investigators will ask participants to complete a survey. The investigators hope to find that participants are positively impacted by participation in the study, in terms of factors like stress reduction and minimized burnout symptoms. Hopefully, the study results may inform residency program curriculum designers in the future may incorporate music into wellness programming.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
✓. Participants will be residents in the Family Medicine program at McMaster University, in any year of study
✓. Participants may be on any rotation in their program schedule and located at any site
✓. Participants may be of any gender identity, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation
✓. Must identify as a "musician", whether casual, professional, or somewhere in between - however, they require enough musical training so that they may comfortably participate in the planned sight reading and improvisation within the study
✓. Participants must be able to supply their own physical instrument for sessions
✓. Must be aged 18 or over
✓. Must be English-speaking
Exclusion criteria
✕. Potential participant may not be a resident of any other residency program, or be from a university other than McMaster
✕. If a participant is unable to participate in two or more musical sessions, they will not be included in this study