Qualitative analysis shows mindfulness helps manage stress in medical learners, suggesting broader use may enhance education.
These findings provide preliminary evidence that brief, low-burden mindfulness strategies can help learners manage stress and maintain performance in high-intensity simulation settings. Future research should employ more robust qualitative methods and incorporate objective performance measures to better understand these effects and inform broader implementation within medical education.
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