Doctors Working Well: A Study Evaluating an Online Stress Management Program for Doctors

Doctors Working Well is an online program designed to target occupational stress and burnout. The intervention will consist of 6 online modules (each of approximately 30-45 minutes duration) that focus on stress management techniques, emotion monitoring and regulation techniques, and self-care. Participants will have access to one module per week over a six week period. At the start of each module they will also be asked to answer a small number of questions relating to their mood and engagement with skills learnt in the previous module. Each module contains a mixture of didactic and interactive learning activities, such as readings, quizzes, videos, and personal reflections. Development of the program was led by a clinical psychologist with six years treatment experience, with input also received from two other research team members, who are both also psychologists. Intervention adherence will not be assessed as the program content will be delivered consistently across participants, due to the electronic format of the intervention. Participant adherence to the intervention will be assessed through examination of number of log ins, time spent using program, modules completed, and activities completed within each module. Participants will be sent a reminder email if a module hasn't been completed within 2 days of it becoming available on the weekly cycle.