Table 1.

Comparison of Modified MBSR Training With Typical MBSR Course

Feature	Modified MBSR Training	Typical MBSR Course
Length	18 hours	29–33 hours
Training schedule	Friday evening: 3 hours Saturday: 7 hours Sunday: 4 hours Follow-up sessions: two 2-hour evening sessions	Introduction: 2.5 hours Eight weekly sessions lasting 2.5–3 hours each Day of mindfulness lasting 6.5 hours
Content	Training in mindfulness practices (sitting, movement, speaking, listening, and compassion for self and others) and their application to practicing medicine and everyday life	Training in mindfulness practices (sitting, movement, speaking, listening, and compassion for self and others) and their application to everyday life
Length of encouraged mindfulness practice	10–20 minutes daily	≥45 minutes daily
Participants	Primary care clinicians working ≥50% time in direct care of patients	General public (may include clinicians)
Class size	15	8–17
Instructors	Instructors from the UW-Health Mindfulness Program MD Family/Integrative Medicine faculty physicians	Instructors from the UW-Health Mindfulness Program
Resources provided	Audio CDs for practice (Fourteen Essential Practices by S. Salzburg) Mindfulness Web site designed specifically for this study (www.fammed.wisc.edu/mindfulness)	Audio CDs for practice (Guided Mindfulness Meditation, Series 1 and 2) and Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by J. Kabat-Zinn, PhD
Cost to participants	None	$475 at time of study with scholarships or partial rebates available from some insurers

CD=compact disc; MD=medical doctor; MBSR=mindfulness-based-stress-reduction; UW=University of Wisconsin.