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Move-Medburnout: emotional regulation program for medical students, using dance as a therapeutic tool


Journal of Psychology & Clinical Psychiatry
Lisandra Maria Fontes Pereira Chagas,1 Monalisa Nascimento Barros2

Abstract

This article is experience report, about a intervention developed during research with medical students in the southwest region of Bahia. The main objective of creating and implementing an emotional regulation program for medical students, using dance as a therapeutic resource with a focus on preventing and coping with Burnout Syndrome. The “Movimente-se medburnout” Program was offered in group mode, with weekly meetings, for 8 weeks, permeated by music, dance and creative body movements. 13 students of both sexes participated in the meetings, with a good response and positive evaluation of the activities developed. The result of this work was constituted as a technical technological product that will be presented to the managers of the participating universities.

Keywords

medical students, therapeutic tool, emotional regulation, technological technical product

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