NCT06538597

Online Mindful Self-Compassion Training for Medical Students: an Exploratory Feasibility Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Robert Simpson · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and investigate a compassion-based intervention (Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) course) in medical students. The main objectives are: 1. Explore the feasibility of trial processes including recruitment, adherence, retention, and follow-up 2. Explore the experiences of medical students with the Compassion-based intervention, including perceived effects, barriers and facilitators to participation, suggestions for improvement 3. Determine potential effects on burnout, compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, self-compassion, compassion for others, empathy, mindfulness, perceived stress, and emotional regulation. Participants will be asked to take part in a 6-week online Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course and report changes in levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, self-compassion, compassion for others, empathy, mindfulness, perceived stress, and emotional regulation from pre- to post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up. Additionally, participants will be asked to take part in a semi-structured interview to explore their experiences with the course, perceived effects, and suggestions for improvement.

Conditions

• Self-Compassion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-compassion intervention (Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course)	An online 6-week mindful self-compassion course with weekly sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2024-08-06
• Last updated: 2025-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada