Put Your Mask On First Before Assisting Others! A Wellness Retreat for Students of Peer Support Groups

  • Joanie Mélançon Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
  • Laurence Petitclerc Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
  • Alexandre Lafleur Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
  • Andrée Vézina Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2018.340
Keywords: Wellness retreat, Medical students, Peer Support Group, Experience

Author Biography

Joanie Mélançon, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.

Joanie Mélançon is currently a fourth year medical student at Laval University, Quebec city, Canada. She is a recipient of the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada Study Grant for her research in prenatal stress and its impact on birthweight. Laurence Petitclerc is a a fourth year student in physiotherapy at Laval University. She received the Physiotherapy Student Association Scholarship rewarding the student who has been most involved during his physiotherapy studies and the Desjardins Scholarship at Laval University for the social activities organization she held for the rehabilitation student peer-support group. Joanie and Laurence are respectively the leaders of the student peer-support groups for medicine and physical rehabilitation programs at Laval University Faculty of Medicine.

References

Dyrbye LN, West CP, Satele D, Boone S, Tan L, Sloan J, et al. Burnout among U.S. medical students, residents, and early career physicians relative to the general U.S. population. Acad Med. 2014 Mar;89(3):443-51.

Lee J, Graham AV. Students’ perception of medical school stress and their evaluation of a wellness elective. Med Educ. 2001 Jul;35(7):652-9.

Shiralkar MT, Harris TB, Eddins-Folensbee FF, Coverdale JH. A systematic review of stress-management programs for medical students. Acad Psychiatr. 2013 May 1;37(3):158-64.

Dyrbye L, Shanafelt T. A narrative review on burnout experienced by medical students and residents. Med Educ. 2016 Jan;50(1):132-49.

Redwood SK, Pollak MH. Student-led stress management program for first-year medical students. Teach Learn Med. 2007 Winter;19(1):42-6.

Sawyer SJ, Sylvestre PB, Girard RA, Snow MH. Effects of supplemental instruction on mean test scores and failure rates in medical school courses. Acad Med. 1996 Dec;71(12):1357-9.

Strayhorn G. A pre-admission program for underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students: Application, acceptance, graduation rates, and timeliness of graduating from medical school. Acad Med. 2000 Apr;75(4):355-61.

Suranjana RA, Ujjani R, Kanti RM. Peer Tutoring as a Remedial Measure for Slow Learners in a Medical School. Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University. 2015; 4(1): 130-4.

DeVoe P, Niles C, Andrews N, Benjamin A, Blacklock L, Brainard A, et al. Lessons learned from a study-group pilot program for medical students perceived to be ‘at risk’. Med Teach. 2007 Mar;29(2-3):e37-e40.

Published
2018-12-23
How to Cite
Mélançon, J., Petitclerc, L., Lafleur, A., & Vézina, A. (2018). Put Your Mask On First Before Assisting Others! A Wellness Retreat for Students of Peer Support Groups. International Journal of Medical Students, 6(3), 123-125. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2018.340
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018)
Section
Experience

Copyright (c) 2018 Alexandre Lafleur

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

  1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
  2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
  3. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions:
    1. Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site; with the understanding that the above condition can be waived with permission from the Author and that where the Work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
    2. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
    3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post online a prepublication manuscript (but not the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work) in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work shall be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Publisher-assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and a link to the online abstract for the final published Work in the Journal.
    4. Upon Publisher’s request, the Author agrees to furnish promptly to Publisher, at the Author’s own expense, written evidence of the permissions, licenses, and consents for use of third-party material included within the Work, except as determined by Publisher to be covered by the principles of Fair Use.
    5. The Author represents and warrants that:
      1. the Work is the Author’s original work;
      2. the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
      3. the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
      4. the Work has not previously been published;
      5. the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
      6. the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
    6. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from the Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

Enforcement of copyright

The IJMS takes the protection of copyright very seriously.

If the IJMS discovers that you have used its copyright materials in contravention of the license above, the IJMS may bring legal proceedings against you seeking reparation and an injunction to stop you using those materials. You could also be ordered to pay legal costs.

If you become aware of any use of the IJMS' copyright materials that contravenes or may contravene the license above, please report this by email to contact@ijms.org

 

Infringing material

If you become aware of any material on the website that you believe infringes your or any other person's copyright, please report this by email to contact@ijms.org