The effects of compassion-based feedback on wellbeing ratings during a professional assessment healthcare task.

Background: There is a need for higher education policy to consider how student nurses might be supported to help them to develop the resilience and mental wellbeing needed to cope with stressful environments. Reviews and qualitative research in this area suggest that compassion can improve wellbeing, however, compassion-based feedback is yet to be explored as a pedagogical intervention using quantitative methods.

Purpose: To explore the effect of different feedback types on subjective wellbeing.