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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2020

Can We Agree What Skilled Mindfulness-Based Teaching Looks Like? Lessons From Studying the MBI:TAC.

Rebecca S Crane, Frederick M Hecht, Judson Brewer, Gemma M Griffith, Wendy Hartogensis, Lynn Koerbel, Patricia Moran, Sophie Sansom, Alison Yiangou, Willem Kuyken

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebecca S CraneCentre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3605-0256
Frederick M HechtOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Judson BrewerCenter for Mindfulness, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Gemma M GriffithCentre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-8505
Wendy HartogensisOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Lynn KoerbelCenter for Mindfulness, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Patricia MoranOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Sophie SansomCentre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Alison YiangouOxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Willem KuykenOxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8596-5252
Bangor University · GBUniversity of California, San Francisco · USBrown University · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Mentoring and Research in Integrative MedicineK24AT007827 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HECHT, FREDERICK M · 2013 to 2022
$1.8M
Predictors of Outcomes in MBSR Participants from Teacher FactorsR34AT008948 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BREWER, JUDSON A, HECHT, FREDERICK M · 2016 to 2017
$746k
NCCIH NIH HHS K24 AT007827NCCIH NIH HHS R34 AT008948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) is a widely used tool for assessing fidelity in mindfulness-based program (MBP) research and training. It also supports MBP teacher reflective and skill development. MBI:TAC assessors review MBP teaching and rate the teaching on 6 domains. The MBI:TAC yields individual domain and overall scores, using 6 levels of competence. Although the MBI:TAC is widely used in MBP research and training, research is at an early stage.

objectiveWe developed and tested a method of training MBI:TAC assessors to use the tool reliably and examined interrater reliability of the tool.

methodsA total of 31 international senior MBP teachers were recruited to join an online training to build their skills in using the MBI:TAC. The training systematically and iteratively built familiarity and skills in assessing the 6 MBI:TAC domains. Qualitative and quantitative data on trainee's experience of the training were gathered. Interrater reliability in using the tool was tested each week of the training. At the end of the training, interrater reliability was tested by asking trainees to individually assess videos that they had not previously seen. Their ratings were compared to benchmark assessments, which had been established via consensus agreement between 4 expert users of the MBI:TAC.

resultsThe training was well received and appreciated, with some challenges experienced in applying the assessment methodology. Participants' ratings became progressively more in line with one another and the benchmark ratings during the training. At the end, interrater reliability was high (ranging from 0.67 to 1.0).

conclusionIt is possible for senior MBP trainers, coming from different regions in the world, to align toward common understandings of the elements of MBP teaching competence and program integrity. An assessor training methodology was tested, and the learning from this project has led to refinements for future delivery.

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fidelityMindfulness-Based Cognitive TherapyMindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment CriteriaMindfulness-Based Stress Reductionmindfulness-based teaching skill and competence

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