@Article{info:doi/10.2196/mededu.9128,
author="Berryman, Elizabeth K
and Leonard, Daniel J
and Gray, Andrew R
and Pinnock, Ralph
and Taylor, Barry",
title="Self-Reflected Well-Being via a Smartphone App in Clinical Medical Students: Feasibility Study",
journal="JMIR Med Educ",
year="2018",
month="Mar",
day="07",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="e7",
keywords="mental health; medical students; medical education; bullying; teaching; mhealth",
abstract="Background: Well-being in medical students has become an area of concern, with a number of studies reporting high rates of clinical depression, anxiety, burnout, and suicidal ideation in this population. Objective: The aim of this study was to increase awareness of well-being in medical students by using a smartphone app. The primary objective of this study was to determine the validity and feasibility of the Particip8 app for student self-reflected well-being data collection. Methods: Undergraduate medical students of the Dunedin School of Medicine were recruited into the study. They were asked to self-reflect daily on their well-being and to note what experiences they had encountered during that day. Qualitative data were also collected both before and after the study in the form of focus groups and ``free-text'' email surveys. All participants consented for the data collected to be anonymously reported to the medical faculty. Results: A total of 29 participants (69{\%}, 20/29 female; 31{\%}, 9/29 male; aged 21-30 years) were enrolled, with overall median compliance of 71{\%} at the study day level. The self-reflected well-being scores were associated with both positive and negative experiences described by the participants, with most negative experiences associated with around 20{\%} lower well-being scores for that day; the largest effect being ``receiving feedback that was not constructive or helpful,'' and the most positive experiences associated with around 20{\%} higher scores for that day. Conclusions: The study of daily data collection via the Particip8 app was found to be feasible, and the self-reflected well-being scores showed validity against participant's reflections of experiences during that day. ",
issn="2369-3762",
doi="10.2196/mededu.9128",
url="http://mededu.jmir.org/2018/1/e7/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.9128",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29514774"
}