HEALTH-PRIME
Medical studies impose constant pressure and a particularly demanding workload, making it difficult to implement good health behaviors. This seriously affects the physical and mental health of students. The latest national survey reports that 52% of medical students present anxiety symptoms and 21% suicidal thoughts. This reality has profound repercussions, not only on the students themselves, but also on the quality of care they will provide as future professionals.
The HEALTH-PRIME project (Health Empowerment And Learning Through a Preventive Remediation Intervention for Medical Education) addresses these challenges by guiding students toward adopting healthy behaviors. This project relies on a multimodal program implemented over several months and structured around three fundamental pillars:
- stress management
- sleep
- physical activity
It will include phases dedicated to raising awareness, self-assessment, providing tools, and offering personalized advice.
The project’s implementation will draw on interdisciplinary expertise provided by several complementary entities, including the LIBM, RESHAPE, DIPHE and POPS research laboratories. The ultimate goal is to improve students’ quality of life, physical and mental health, and academic performance. Lasting changes are also sought, alongside an assessment of long-term impacts on professional skills within actual clinical practice.
Project leaders:
Anne-Marie SCHOTT
Anne-Marie Schott, Director of the RESHAPE laboratory, is a public health physician and rheumatologist holding a doctorate and an HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research) in public health. Over the past 15 years, her research has focused on evaluating the real-world effectiveness of healthcare services for chronic conditions (rheumatology, cancer, stroke) through observational and interventional studies.
Her current work focuses on the biopsychosocial factors influencing health behaviors—particularly health literacy—as well as the barriers and facilitators experienced by healthcare professionals, with the aim of improving the communication of appropriate information to optimize patients’ capacity to act (empowerment) to improve their health and to interact with healthcare professionals.
Christophe HAUTIER
Christophe Hautier, University Professor and Director of LIBM Lyon, conducts interdisciplinary research in the physiology and biomechanics of health and athletic performance. He holds a PhD in Muscle Exercise Biology and an HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research) in the Science and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities.
Project leaders:
Sophie SCHLATTER
Sophie SCHLATTER, a postdoctoral researcher at the RESHAPE laboratory, has developed multidisciplinary expertise combining methods from psychology, physiology (sensor data, biological analyses), and behavioral neuroscience (brain stimulation, cognitive tasks, behavioral analysis).
Her current research aims to identify effective tools to promote the health and performance of healthcare professionals. She focuses in particular on preventive and personalized approaches for medical students, anesthesiologist-intensivists, and surgeons.