Article Excerpt: A Geisel-Thayer team at Dartmouth is investigating the individual and structural factors that promote resilience and allow medical students to flourish with the hope of finding ways to make medical school a less stressful experience… “Initiating this pilot study represents an important step in the ability to understand and reduce stress among medical students. We have consistently found that smartphone and wearable sensors can help in understanding and predicting mental health, and this effort expands our horizons,” says Co-Principal Investigator Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry in the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Geisel. “This study represents a demonstration of the profound potential of technology to cultivate a future where medical professionals can achieve optimal health and resilience.”
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