# This thing called life

## TL;DR

This paper explores how positive education can improve the well-being of medical trainees by combining academic learning with happiness skills.

## Contribution

The novel idea is applying positive education to medical training to enhance both academic and personal outcomes.

## Key findings

- Medical trainees often experience poor psychological health.
- Positive education can improve students' well-being.
- Applying positive education in medical training may enhance learning and personal outcomes.

## Abstract

Academic pursuits are inseparable from the medium within which they take place
— life. The lives of medical trainees can present many challenges that are independent of academic demands. Poor psychological health has been found to develop in medical trainees. Can medical educators minimize this decline in well-being? Positive education
— learning skills for traditional academia and to foster happiness
— has been shown to improve students’ well-being. This piece considers the application of ‘positive education’ to medical training. By using this approach, we may optimize the lives of our trainees, potentially enhance learning and improve their academic and personal outcomes.