A five-day Mindfulness Based Intervention to reduce burnout and psychological distress in UK Medical Students

A five-day in-person mindfulness intervention for second-year medical students at Cardiff University improved current energy, calmness, focus, and stress, with all effects at P=0.001.

• Why it matters: Medical students in the UK face high burnout risk, and existing evidence for mindfulness in healthcare students needs clearer efficacy data.
• What they did: Four cohorts of second-year students completed pre (T1), post (T2), and follow-up (T3) online surveys using validated measures after the five-day intervention; 69 participants were analyzed.
• The result: Post-intervention, psychological distress (Core-10, P=0.001) and burnout (OLBI, P=0.023) improved with small and large effect sizes, while WHO5 wellbeing showed a small effect (P=0.37), and gains were maintained at T3.

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