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Australian Family Physician, 06/18/09
A total of 299 GPs attended the seminar, from which 293 provided visual analogue scale on the day. Pre- and post-K10 data was provided by 111 GPs. The mean pre-K10 score for these GPs was 17.2 (SD: 5.67); the post-K10 score was 14.7 (SD: 3.92), with 25.1% of the 'at risk' participants moving to the 'low risk' category. Mean compliance with meditation was 79.5%. A meditation workshop for GP wellbeing is practical, feasible and appealing to GPs. Quantitative feedback from the workshop indicates its potential as an effective mental health promotion and prevention strategy.
- A low cost, nonprofit meditation workshop for GP wellbeing is practically feasible and appealing to GPs.
- A meditation workshop for GPs has potential as an effective mental health promotion and prevention strategy.
- Given the increasing attention on the issue of GP stress and wellbeing, meditation represents an important addition to GPs’ self care resources.
Ramesh Manocha, 06/19/09
| This project is significant for many reasons. First, it is a practical demonstration of the benefits of brief training in meditation. Second, it demonstrates that medical professionals are interested in such self care strategies especially when they are presented to them in way that is palatable to their intellectual and professional training. Third, it demonstrates that non-commercial techniques have a real role to play in this field and that expensive meditation courses are not necessary to experience the benefits of meditation. Fourth, it adds further weight to the argument that "mental silence" orientated techniques, in this case of this study a technique called Sahaja Yoga was used, are associated with specific effects. |
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